Just for FYI, I ordered a M1917 barrel from CMP on 04/28 and arrived to my front door on 05/12, very quick turnaround
Just for FYI, I ordered a M1917 barrel from CMP on 04/28 and arrived to my front door on 05/12, very quick turnaround
Just a little followup...
Box of parts ---> here
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Nice serviceable lookin' rifle now. Lots of character, not over pretty so you can use it regularly without fear. Did you get all the hardware parkerized to match? Grey?
Yep, the CMP barrel is parked, so I had all the metal parked to match and look like the WW2 era rebuild. I was worried about bolt setback on the receiver, an early Winchester, but it turned out to be a non issue. It was always going to be a shooter, so finishing it this way made sense.
Surprisingly, soon after this project was complete I came into another m1917 barreled receiver, an Eddystone, and then was lucky to get a stock as a gift. I already had a front sight and stock metal, so only needed a few parts more and now I have two 17s. Neither is collectible, but both shoot great, and I'm happy with the results.
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Quite a set of patches in the lower one, still as you say shooters. They look just fine...
Turned out real nice. Looking forward to hearing the range report!
I've been thinking of doing 1917 to compliment my original. So many sporters out there right no...few with the ears in tact but they are sill out there. I'll keep being patient, waiting on the right bubba to show up in a local pawn shop while I finish restoring the ones I have in queue already.
https://criterionbarrels.com/product...v=7516fd43adaa
I guess that means they are out there, in theory at least.