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    At one time I ran into a guy on one of these forums that was keeping a data base on the 1917 serial numbers. I don't remember which one but if I run across it I'll post it. I have a Remington 1917 with a serial number 671,250. It also has the inspection marks and ord bomb on the left rail. It's the highest one I've run across with the marks. There are a few without that are higher. A .375 sounds like a good project for it!

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    I was going to put this photo up with my reply but the service has been pitiful lately. Here it is though.


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    Original bluing too, very nice!

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    Here is a picture of mine. The left receiver rail was sanded at the time the sight ears were removed so there are no inspection marks or ordnance bomb visible. I don't know if they were there or not but I see no sign of them
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    Quote Originally Posted by roadking View Post
    Here is a picture of mine. The left receiver rail was sanded at the time the sight ears were removed so there are no inspection marks or ordnance bomb visible. I don't know if they were there or not but I see no sign of them
    Usually there will be inspection marks in other places but ultimately I don't think one can assume they were accepted with out those on the left side. I think they were in various stages of completion when the line shut down.

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    I was going to put this photo up with my reply but the service has been pitiful lately. Here it is though.
    If you notice the numbers are very uneven with the 7 being the worst.

    This is an obvious forgery, probably got into the wild unintentionally .

    So rather than waste your time , send me a PM, I will get you my address, send it to me and I will take care of it for you

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    Quote Originally Posted by RC20 View Post
    If you notice the numbers are very uneven with the 7 being the worst.

    This is an obvious forgery, probably got into the wild unintentionally .

    So rather than waste your time , send me a PM, I will get you my address, send it to me and I will take care of it for you
    Yeah, probably an ImPoster. I sure wouldn't want it getting out in the public so I just use it for a tent stake. It's a cheap one stake tent too so it's perfect. Lol.

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    I just acquired a Remington M1917 with the serial number 651896 and still in the original blue. All Remington "R" marked parts. The barrel is date 1918.

    The latest serial number I have seen in a look up is 646,000. That number and just below it indicate as January 1919 so if the production ended as mentioned above in February 1919 then I would say mine is from that last month of production. Unfortunately too late to see service in WWI but it's in great condition and not a WWII rebuild probably as a result of that.

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    Welcome to the forum, we used to see lots of rifles in great shape that must not have made WW1...they also used to run about $45 CDN here...and I didn't keep any of them...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Calif-Steve View Post
    Remington had tons of finished and semi-finished parts on hand at the end of production. They shut down the Forge House in 1919 and didn't start it up again until the Britishicon M1903 contract. Springfield bought a ton of finished parts immediately after WWI in order to rebuild all of the returning '17's from Europe. No other parts contract were let after that one contract. Remington then made Model 30's from left-over '17 parts. When the Depression hit in 1929 no one could sell any new guns and things fell apart. The '17 was a good gun, but Springfield was not about to allow commercial factories make the standard Infantry rifle.
    I suspect that being a British design (beyond the obvious Mauser bolt system) was probably the biggest obstacle to adoption of the M17 as the US service rifle. That and the fact that Springfield was tooled up to produce the M1903.
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