My New 1917

[jamie5070]

From the pictures it looks like the receiver is parked and the barrel is blued or manganese parked so I would lean towords a post goverment rebuild.
john

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[jamesmcnatt]

From the pictures it looks like the receiver is parked and the barrel is blued or manganese parked so I would lean towords a post goverment rebuild.
john

I'm not understanding the reasoning or logic behind this thought process. The barrel is dated 6 - 18 with all the stamps that a Winchester M1917 would have in WWI service. If it was a post war rebuild then why use an old barrel if most used the Johnson Auto barrel... I realize I'll never get the perfect answer as there are no records. No matter how it ended up miss matched, for $160 I'm counting it as a lucky find. I can't wait till friday when my dad brings me the possible 1917 bayonet. I'll have a new history endevore for the weekend.

Thank you for all the comments guys! This rifle has really sucked me into the history...

[highpower3006]

The scenario could very well have been something like this: Customer A walks into a gunsmiths shop and says:

" I have this old military rifle and I want to convert it to a different caliber".

The gunsmith says "sure" and installs a different barrel. A couple of years go by and customer B walks int the gunsmiths shop and says:

"I have this old rifle and my idiot brother borrowed it and shot corrosive ammo through it and didn't clean it and now the barrel is rusted up".

The gunsmith says "I just happen to have a barrel here for that rifle and for a few dollars I can fix your gun".

This ( or some version of it) seems to me what would be the most likely reason for you to have a mismatched barrel.