SOLD US WW1 REMINGTON M-1917 “ENFIELD” SERVICE RIFLE….MINT BLUED STRAIGHT UP WW1 ISSUE! ……CONSIGNMENT SALE MUST SELL!

IN EXCELLENT MINT CONDITION,WE HAVE A VERY RARE UN-ALTERED REMINGTON MODEL 1917 US SERVICE RIFLE IN 30-06.  THIS IS A BLUED RIFLE WITH ALL REMINGTON PARTS IN ORIGINAL CONDITION STILL WITH THE ISSUED KERR SLING.  THE BARREL DATE IS SEPTEMBER 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 WERE REWORKED AFTER WW1 AND MOST HAVE MIXED UP PARTS AS WELL AND MANY MORE WERE REWORKED DURING WW2.  THIS IS A NEARLY PRISTINE ORIGINAL EXAMPLE OF THE RIFLE THAT WAS REALLY USED OVER THERE.