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    Your pictures were lost to me in the last couple days of the site being down, but sounds like a very nice example Rifle!
    Congrats, and Martin08 gives very good advice.
    Yes, the 'grey blanket' seller does well through good pictures and marketing descriptions which may tell most, but not all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by METT-T View Post
    Hi guys, new to the forum and wanted to get a read on what looks like a matching Winchester I recently picked up. I've been a casual milsurp collector for years but have never really had anything that might present as "correct," but I'm hoping I might've done pretty well rolling the dice at an auction. Went down the rabbit hole last night so I hope I'm asking the right questions, apologies if I'm missing something obvious.

    The rifle is 278xxx. Barrel is marked 5-18 and looks great. Everything I see has a W. Stock looks great, no markings other than the W, the eagle with a 544 seen below, and a 43 underneath the bolt handle. Take a look at these action screws, tho. One appears to be still staked but buggered, the other doesn't have the punch indent lined up with the slot. Thoughts? Maybe somebody decided they were going to take it apart with the wrong size screwdriver, got one screw to move and then gave up on the other? Or is it a restake?

    Thanks in advance and let me know if there are any other pics that can help. Attachment 121999Attachment 122000Attachment 122001Attachment 122002
    Ive been told by a number of well respected national collectors that the manufacture of the M1917 by Winchester had very poor quality control that results in issues with interchangeability even with other Winchester parts. Can anyone comment on that? I confess that I still want one to complete my collection of a Rem and Eddy M1917 but am a bit wary.

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    I dont know about you, but my spreadsheet has gotten quite big with the addition separate bayo, scabbard, frog, and sling sections, just to name a few. The prices of many bayos and frogs have just gone thru the roof! Even some slings are worth hundreds!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by martin08 View Post
    The Gunbroker auction is a very good indicator of the value of your rifle. Sreisel usually gets around a 10-15% premium over other sellers with similar wares. But your gun looks nicer than his. It's a $2,000 piece to the right buyer. But don't sell it! It will be difficult to replace such a beauty.
    I am envious of Sreisel! Just where does he get so many fabulous gems!?!?!?!?

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    Like many aspects of the 1917, a lot of what is posted is wrong.

    I have owned Winchesters, swapped a few part around and out and no issue what so ever.

    The base of the Winchester so called issues was that they began produion before the specs were agreed on. It has nothing to do with quality and fit may not be an issue. Quality was as good as Eddystone and Remington.

    Fit? I never had any problems, they might have existed. They just did not know for sure as the agreement on what the specs were. All my Winchesters had a large number or R and E parts. Functioned just fine. An early W might possibly have some issues but if its all W, not an issue either. Other than the extractor they don't break.

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