iv heard of the rebored 1917,s though iv yet to see one..iv held 2 1917,s the were captured in Nam. by US troops, both were stil in 30-06, and in very rough shape, one was fitted to a US M14stock, the other was quite original missing the front handguard , both Winchesters, and Both had no mix of other parts..all W marked.
we loaned China a bunch of 17,s that were as some time taken by the NVC tropps.