Ragnarok
05-08-2009, 10:57 AM
Hey all
I am trying to get some information on a rifle my father in law gave me.
About 15 yrs ago my then father in law gave me an old military rifle that he had bought when he was in the national guard. The government was selling off a bunch of surplus weapons from wwII. According to him they would take a bunch of guns and stick them in a barrell, cap it and sell it for $50. In this barrell he got rifles from russia, germany, japan, USA, and a few that he was not sure about, plus a couple of hand guns. The rifle he gave me was a winchester 30-06. I had several hunting rifles at the time and just kinda stuck it in my gun case and forgot about it. My step son (who is a video game nut said it looked like a kar 98 he saw on one of his games) he asked me about it and I did'nt have any information about it for him.
I tried looking it up on line and found out it was a Model 1917 winchester, but that is about it. I was hopeing someone here could give me some resource ideas or information about this piece of american history.
The sn 407984 is stamped on the reciever along with some other markings that resemble a ball with fire comming out the top. There is a w stamped into the bolt handle and one stamped into the front sight and 8-18 on the barrell. There are some eagle heads stamped into the stock and I think there is one stamped into the reciever beside the magazine opening. The bore looks as though it has never been fired, just a few scratches and dings in the wood, other than that it is in exceptional condition for a gun that has been around for that long.
Any information would be greatly appriciated.
Thanx.
I am trying to get some information on a rifle my father in law gave me.
About 15 yrs ago my then father in law gave me an old military rifle that he had bought when he was in the national guard. The government was selling off a bunch of surplus weapons from wwII. According to him they would take a bunch of guns and stick them in a barrell, cap it and sell it for $50. In this barrell he got rifles from russia, germany, japan, USA, and a few that he was not sure about, plus a couple of hand guns. The rifle he gave me was a winchester 30-06. I had several hunting rifles at the time and just kinda stuck it in my gun case and forgot about it. My step son (who is a video game nut said it looked like a kar 98 he saw on one of his games) he asked me about it and I did'nt have any information about it for him.
I tried looking it up on line and found out it was a Model 1917 winchester, but that is about it. I was hopeing someone here could give me some resource ideas or information about this piece of american history.
The sn 407984 is stamped on the reciever along with some other markings that resemble a ball with fire comming out the top. There is a w stamped into the bolt handle and one stamped into the front sight and 8-18 on the barrell. There are some eagle heads stamped into the stock and I think there is one stamped into the reciever beside the magazine opening. The bore looks as though it has never been fired, just a few scratches and dings in the wood, other than that it is in exceptional condition for a gun that has been around for that long.
Any information would be greatly appriciated.
Thanx.