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Picked up a M1917 what do you think?
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11-15-2011 02:25 PM
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Looks nice - possibly you have a post WWI Rebuild that needed a new stock, during rebuild parts got mixed, of course. I believe Black Parkerizing could be original, would have to research the literature - you might do a search here on the finish. Mine had mostly Eddystone parts on an Eddy reciever, with a replacement Winchester barrel and bolt.
As for the bore, I used WipeOut Foam on mine - and the first time it looked pretty dark. Let it set for a few hours, punched it out, lots of black gunk on the patch. Foamed the bore again and let it set - some blue on the next patch! Foamed it again - black, again, next time more blue, next time more black - about five or six times. Layers of old firing residue! Rifling got stronger and the patches cleaner as I went, of course. It seemed to have been shot quite a bit - but never cleaned - at some time in it's lifetime. Shoots pretty well, although I need to find ouit what ammo it likes before I know what it is really capable of. CC
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nice looking rifle, Parkerizing is a rebuild finish. should be blue in color...but thats ok... i like it..
take it out and shoot it...was never a big fan of the 17 until i spent a day at the range with one...it grew on me.
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