+ Reply to Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 18

Thread: M1917 Mystery Receiver

Click here to increase the font size Click here to reduce the font size
  1. #1
    Legacy Member alamo308's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Last On
    03-06-2024 @ 03:34 PM
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    90
    Real Name
    Philip
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    11:46 AM

    Question M1917 Mystery Receiver

    Because I have a 1918 Eddystone, a friend of mine showed me his MODEL OF 1917, and asked me to explain the receiver. I didn't know what to say.
    First time I ever saw anything like this.

    Any guesses?
    Information
    Warning: This is a relatively older thread
    This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.
    Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
    - Winston Churchill

  2. # ADS
    Friends and Sponsors
    Join Date
    October 2006
    Location
    Milsurps.Com
    Posts
    All Threads
    A Collector's View - The SMLE Short Magazine Lee Enfield 1903-1989. It is 300 8.5x11 inch pages with 1,000+ photo’s, most in color, and each book is serial-numbered.  Covering the SMLE from 1903 to the end of production in India in 1989 it looks at how each model differs and manufacturer differences from a collecting point of view along with the major accessories that could be attached to the rifle. For the record this is not a moneymaker, I hope just to break even, eventually, at $80/book plus shipping.  In the USA shipping is $5.00 for media mail.  I will accept PayPal, Zelle, MO and good old checks (and cash if you want to stop by for a tour!).  CLICK BANNER to send me a PM for International pricing and shipping. Manufacturer of various vintage rifle scopes for the 1903 such as our M73G4 (reproduction of the Weaver 330C) and Malcolm 8X Gen II (Unertl reproduction). Several of our scopes are used in the CMP Vintage Sniper competition on top of 1903 rifles. Brian Dick ... BDL Ltd. - Specializing in British and Commonwealth weapons Specializing in premium ammunition and reloading components. Your source for the finest in High Power Competition Gear. Here at T-bones Shipwrighting we specialise in vintage service rifle: re-barrelling, bedding, repairs, modifications and accurizing. We also provide importation services for firearms, parts and weapons, for both private or commercial businesses.
     

  3. #2
    Legacy Member P246's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2016
    Last On
    11-02-2022 @ 12:11 AM
    Location
    Osawatomie,Ks
    Posts
    122
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    12:46 PM
    Defaced and bubba stamped....electro pencil would have been better.

  4. Avoid Ads - Become a Contributing Member - Click HERE
  5. #3
    Legacy Member alamo308's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Last On
    03-06-2024 @ 03:34 PM
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    90
    Real Name
    Philip
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    11:46 AM
    Thread Starter
    Quote Originally Posted by P246 View Post
    Defaced and bubba stamped....electro pencil would have been better.
    And amazingly creative with that serial number!
    Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
    - Winston Churchill

  6. #4
    Advisory Panel browningautorifle's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Last On
    Today @ 01:16 PM
    Location
    Victoria BC
    Posts
    29,838
    Real Name
    Jim
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    10:46 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by alamo308 View Post
    amazingly creative
    Is that a service number or SS number perhaps?
    Regards, Jim

  7. #5
    Legacy Member alamo308's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Last On
    03-06-2024 @ 03:34 PM
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    90
    Real Name
    Philip
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    11:46 AM
    Thread Starter
    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Is that a service number or SS number perhaps?
    I think that's too many digits for either SSAN or service number.
    Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
    - Winston Churchill

  8. #6
    Contributing Member fjruple's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Last On
    10-29-2023 @ 04:38 AM
    Location
    New Jersey, USA
    Posts
    1,021
    Real Name
    Franklin Ruple
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    01:46 PM
    I am wondering if the receiver is from a test bolt fixture that someone converted into a rifle.

    --fjruple

  9. #7
    FREE MEMBER
    NO Posting or PM's Allowed
    comblocklectr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2017
    Last On
    03-31-2017 @ 05:04 AM
    Location
    USA
    Posts
    3
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    12:46 PM
    Same amount of digits for a US phone #, maybe it's a "call this # if you find me"...lol. Coincidentally I did pick up a very nice Winchester M1917 back in around 2013 and bubba engraved his AR driver's license number in to the receiver, stock, and buttplate... and when it rains it pours, a year later roughly, picked up a priced right VZ-24 that had another bubba's ssn stamped on every dang part except the bands...

  10. #8
    Legacy Member Kyle M.'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2017
    Last On
    04-07-2023 @ 12:20 PM
    Location
    New Haven OH
    Posts
    42
    Real Name
    Kyle Michaels
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    01:46 PM
    I've seen a lot of odd stuff stamped on guns by bubba but no ss #'s or phone #'s yet, addresses yes. Strangely enough a local shop recently had a highly embellished Savage 99 with the original owners name and address factory engraved on the bottom of the receiver. My other hobby is using and collecting vintage cameras. You'd be amazed at how many have a previous owners name and/or address carved in them so poorly it looks like they used the tip of a pocket knife. It's one thing when it's properly stamped out of the way, but totally another when it's gouged in right in your face.

  11. #9
    FREE MEMBER
    NO Posting or PM's Allowed
    Richardwv's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Last On
    09-05-2017 @ 07:24 PM
    Location
    Back Creek Valley, WV
    Posts
    97
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    01:46 PM
    The original serial number has obviously been scrubbed....and by the patina over the scrubbed area I'd say some time ago at that. For what reason is unknown, but stolen property sort of comes to the top of the list. Now comes the even more interesting issue. Unless the owner can prove the scrubbing occurred outside of the country prior to import or prior to 1968, the rifle is exhibit "A" of a felony charge of altering or obliterating a serial number. Owning such a firearm without said proof is tantamount to being the original perpetrator. If it was mine I'd quietly get a replacement receiver and rebuild the rifle around it......and destroy the altered receiver. Now the odds of the authorities becoming aware of this rifle is somewhat small if it stays where it is and doesn't go through a public sale. However ultimately it will come to light if not addressed and the holder of the rifle at that point will likely be the one left to account for it.

  12. #10
    Legacy Member HOOKED ON HISTORY's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Last On
    Today @ 12:18 PM
    Location
    MS/USA
    Posts
    3,991
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    12:46 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Richardwv View Post
    However ultimately it will come to light if not addressed and the holder of the rifle at that point will likely be the one left to account for it.
    With no chair when the music stops.

+ Reply to Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. interesting receiver markings on early receiver
    By RCS in forum M1 Garand/M14/M1A Rifles
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 01-04-2017, 08:38 PM
  2. Report to Forum on cracked M1917 Receiver
    By Salt Flat in forum Pattern 1913/1914 and M1917 Rifles
    Replies: 17
    Last Post: 03-28-2014, 09:14 PM
  3. A No4 receiver mystery. Actually, two mysteries. (help)
    By louthepou in forum The Lee Enfield Knowledge Library Collectors Forum
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 05-18-2013, 08:47 PM
  4. Mystery 03 Receiver, (3 major things wrong with this receiver)
    By tomwatts in forum M1903/1903A3/A4 Springfield Rifle
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 02-24-2011, 12:07 AM
  5. M1917 notched receiver
    By shjoe in forum Pattern 1913/1914 and M1917 Rifles
    Replies: 34
    Last Post: 11-01-2009, 09:18 PM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Raven Rocks