Model of 1917A4 Replica Project

[Salt Flat]

1917a4 Replica Project---

A while back forum member Promo posted pictures of his original M1917A4 Enfield. I drooled all over the pictures and felt I had to build a replica of this. Since then I have been waiting for an appropriate 1917 Enfield to come along. At our May gun show I came across an almost perfect candidate for my project. The only small minus was that it was a Winchester rather than a Remington. It was a complete barreled action with no stock or stock hardware. The ears were cut off and one side of the rear bridge was radiused by hand. The trigger guard was straightened but fortunately the riveted magazine box was left alone. The project was stopped at that point for unknown reasons. The seller was willing to negotiate the price a little and I left the show walking on air. The 4 groove High Standard barrel was left uncut and the bore is near perfect. So for my part I machined the rear receiver ring flat and drilled and tapped the receiver on the mill. The receiver was hard as a rock, inducing much stress (on me) when I was tapping the holes. I rounded off the right hand side of the rear bridge to match the opposite side. I decided to make the scope mount from scratch. This was so I could extend the length to cover the “bath tub” hole and account for the height of the rear bridge. It took a lot of time to make and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone else when a Redfield 1903a4 mount could be fit with much less effort. So here it is nearing completion. It still needs an upper hand guard, both bands and sling swivels. Salt Flat

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