I have a theory and ?'s on my Model 1917 quirks.

[sakorick]

Good point and I agree for the most part. That said, why did the Brits find it necessary to serial number the bolts? If they thought it was important then why did they allow mismatched ones to be allowed? This is an American rifle and IMHO should have an American Eddystone bolt installed. These are my thoughts......not wrecking history, just trying to restore a rifle as it was made. Not that I won't change my mind, however. I need more input. Perhaps I should shoot it with both bolts.....an independent test, to see which one performs best on the range? Regards, Rick.

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This is an American rifle

Actually it's a British rifle, they designed it(Pattern 14, or P14) and we manufactured it for them, after the British had enough rifles we rechambered it for 30-06 and produced it for ourselves and named it: US Rifle .30 Model of 1917(some call it the P17 which is a term that is technically incorrect but was a nickname given to it by the Eddystone employees).