Plated Remington 1917 Enfield

[thefixitman]

I just bought a plated Remington 1917 Enfield for $255.00 from Numrich corp. through the Gun Broker. I liked the stock and placed a bid on what I thought it was worth. I never expected to win. Being from Ogden Ut the Elmer Keith stamp of “OGEK” on the side will make my 100% Eddystone worth about $200.00 more, in this local market. The gun passed head spacing and was test fired.

It would seem that a dress parade plated M1917 is of little value. So what do you think I should do with the gun? I have a full stock I can put it on. I’m thinking of striping all the plating off and haveing it Blued and sell it as a resorted M1917. Do you think it would be worth the effort?

I’m including some pictures.

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[jamie5070]

I'm surprised at how low the price was. You could put it in your other stock and then you would have one that represents another stage of thier history. When I shot mine a little bit of the plating flaked of at the muzzle. If you hang on to it long enough it will start to grow on you. Then you will need a plated bayonet and white parade sling for it. I believe Chuck (chuck in denver) has said that he can remove the plating and refinish it.
john

[OLDER THEN DIRT]

Are you sure it`s been plated & not just polished at some time?

[Patrick Chadwick]

Are you sure it`s been plated & not just polished at some time?

Yes it is plated. You can see where the plating has been worn off by the bayonet ring around the muzzle.

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I just bought a plated Remington 1917 Enfield for $255.00 from Numrich corp. through the Gun Broker. I liked the stock and placed a bid on what I thought it was worth. I never expected to win. Being from Ogden Ut the Elmer Keith stamp of “OGEK” on the side will make my 100% Eddystone worth about $200.00 more, in this local market.

I don't get it. You have a 100% matching Eddystone? And a (presumably) matching dress Remington? And you want to swap the stocks, thus creating 2 mixmasters, because it will make the Eddy more valuable, although it will then be non-matching? After the hundreds of posts I have read about people going to great lengths to achieve all-matching rifles, I truly do not understand why you want to do this.

If the OGEK is perceived as value enhancing, then it surely has the most value as part of the original stock on the original rifle?

I would leave both rifles alone. As two originals, not two mixtures. My concern would rather be that the dress rifle may have been frequently fired with blackpowder blank cartridges and this may have spoilt the bore.

[Chuckindenver]

yes, i can remove the plating, however, i would bet you lunch that the metal is pitted badly under that plated finish, its pealing in a lot of places, that let moisture get under the surface, and rusted the metal.
i wouldnt blue it, i would parkerize it, that would cover most of the pitting, and look pretty nice, check the bore, id bet its a sewer pipe as well.

[thefixitman]

Patrick:

I believe the stock on the Remington to be an Eddystone stock. That is the biggest reason I bid on it. If you can down load the photo’s, and blow them up, it appears the nose of the stock is stamped with an “E” and the inspectors stamps in front of the trigger guard are also low numbers indicating Eddystone. I’ll find out for sure when I get it next week.

I used parts from 3 different guns to make the Eddystone 100%. I have yet to see one that came from army surplus that was 100%. They had years to mix them up.

Elmer Keith was an inspector at the Ogden Army arsenal here in Ogden, Utah. He was an avid handgun hunter and developed the .357 magnum as well as most of the other magnum handguns.

Thanks John