Hi Guys,

This is my first post on this forum. I've been a milsurp collector for a number of years.

Here is my latest project, fresh of the pawn shop. I just couldn't pass her up no matter how hard I tried After some horse trading, I ended up taking her home. I only have $100 in the rifle (so far!).

Here are some pictures:











Budda did cut down the stock and remove the front ears but those can all be replaced of course. The barrel and rear sight wings are all intact which is the best news!









And just a few other shots showing the flaming bomb marks on the bolt handle and left side of the receiver:








Just this week, I got the itch to tear my new M1917 down and check things out and clean her up some.

The first thing I did was drift out the pin to remove that butchered front sight. Thanks to a friend on another forum, I already have the correct front sight with ears, yeah! The only small problem may be the blade height. The one on the gun was stamped .060 but the new one is marked .090...







Then the crap, hacked-up stock had to go, I first removed the butt plate and screws since it is marked with the Eddystone "E" (I need to remember to get the screw bushings out of the stock before I forget them!).

Then I decided to take a good, close look at what else I had. Not surprisingly, this gun is a total mix-master.

The bolt looks to be all Winchester:






The trigger guard plate and magazine box are both Remington "R" stamped:







The trigger doesn't appear to be marked, but the sear and safety lock holder are both Remington (you can barely make out the "R" on the sear in this photo):




At least the magazine floor plate is Eddystone marked:




The bolt stop and ejector is Winchester as is the safety catch. Although I couldn't get a good picture of it, the safety lock holder is stamped "R" for Remington!







So I guess at this point I could could just find any old stock and then put her back together and hit the range. I know that finding the correct stock is going to be by far the toughest and most expensive part of this restoration.

But thinking it over, I am leaning towards replacing all the incorrect parts with "E" stamped Eddystone parts. Eddystone parts seem plentiful and not too tough to track down. I could then turn around and sell my extras when I purchase their "E" replacements to make my money back. The only potential problem I see would be with the bolt. If I replace it, I won't know if the headspace is correct or not (I don't have the gauges)...

More later as I track down the parts. I think it really all depends on that stock...

-Derek
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