Thread: M1917 Rifle from Forge to Finish

I enjoyed watching the M17 and BAR videos. Quite interesting despite the incorrect subtitles being put in for some of the operations. You can imagine the size of those plants where they had multiples of each machine, all doing just one specific operation. Compare that to todays 5-axis CNC machines that can do most of the machining on a receiver in one set-up. I was surprised at the amount of hand-held grinding operations. They were very skilled operators when you examine the finish on the final products.