Winchester M1917 in box of parts, looking for gunsmith, need barrel.

[browningautorifle]

Nice serviceable lookin' rifle now. Lots of character, not over pretty so you can use it regularly without fear. Did you get all the hardware parkerized to match? Grey?

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[waw44]

Yep, the CMP barrel is parked, so I had all the metal parked to match and look like the WW2 era rebuild. I was worried about bolt setback on the receiver, an early Winchester, but it turned out to be a non issue. It was always going to be a shooter, so finishing it this way made sense.

Surprisingly, soon after this project was complete I came into another m1917 barreled receiver, an Eddystone, and then was lucky to get a stock as a gift. I already had a front sight and stock metal, so only needed a few parts more and now I have two 17s. Neither is collectible, but both shoot great, and I'm happy with the results.

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