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No Chuck. Rock Island never made barrels for the M1917, they installed barrels made by others, (Remington blanks, Savage machining ) and stamped RI on them but never made barrels for the M1917. Ferris says only 2,100. It is interesting that you were able to obtain spares, were they new or were they removed from another rifle.??
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My particular barrel is marked JA which I assume is Johnson Automatic. It has the ordnance bomb but no date. Is the no date unusual for these barrels?
The JA barrels were not dated. No idea why.
Were the JA barrels only made during WWII?
sorry, i dont care what Nick says in his book..iv installed barrels marked RIA just under the front sight, Nick is a great guy, but like us, isnt perfect.
Rock Island did make or at least provide barrels made for the 1917.
matter fact, iv seen 1917 barrels FS on GB, and here on this site marked RIA. no...not 1903 barrels, i know the differance.
Chuck--You installed my RIA tube on my '17. Good job, too. The RIA barrels are an odd WWII story. Remington (?) supplied blanks to Savage(?) who finished the white barrels. They were shipped off to RIA who parkerized and used (?) them in re-build. Very small number made 2100(?) and seldom seen today. The mint barrels were availabe through the DCM in the 1950's and I bought my barrel off a gentleman who got it from the DCM. Marked RIA and undated. Alot of effort to get 2100 barrels and then not use all of them in the re-build program. Whole story is untold and little known.
i dont remember if they had the REP in a box, common with Remington made barrels...just that hey are marked RIA..