THIS IS ONE OF 2 M1917 RIFLES THAT WERE JUST FOUND IN AN OLD HOUSE IN WINCHESTER SITTING IN A CLOSET THEY WERE PROBABLY PURCHASED BACK IN THE 60’S FROM WHAT WE WERE TOLD. IN EXCELLENT MINUS CONDITION,WE HAVE A VERY SCARCE STRIAHGT UP WW1 ISSUE REMINGTON MODEL 1917 US SERVICE RIFLE IN 30-06. THIS IS A BLUED RIFLE WITH ALL REMINGTON PARTS IN ORIGINAL CONDITION. THIS RIFLE HAS NOT BEEN REBUILT OR REWORKED POST WW1. THE BARREL DATE IS JULY, 1918. BY THE END OF WW1, 3/4THS OF THE US EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN EUROPE WAS ARMED WITH THE MODEL 1917 RIFLE. IT CAME VERY CLOSE TO REPLACING THE 1903 SPRINGFIELD AS OUR SERVICE RIFLE. SERGEANT YORK USED THIS RIFLE IN HIS FAMOUS EXPLOITS, HE CALLED IT “THE BRITISH RIFLE”. THIS IS THE TYPE OF RIFLE HE DRILLED 30 GERMANS WITH. THESE STRAIGHT UP WW1 ISSUED ALL BLUED ORIGINAL CONDITION RIFLES ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE. NEARLY ALL THESE RIFLES WERE REWORKED AFTER WW1 AND MOST HAVE MIXED UP PARTS AS WELL. MANY MORE WERE REWORKED DURING WW2 SO FINDING AN ORIGINAL AS WW1 ISSUED RIFLE IS NOT EASY. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL EXAMPLE OF THE RIFLE THAT WAS REALLY USED OVER THERE.
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SOLD US WW1 REMINGTON M-1917 “ENFIELD” SERVICE RIFLE….BLUED STRAIGHT UP WW1 ISSUE…..NICE!
$1,800.00
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10/20/2016-2
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