IN EXCELLENT MINT CRISP STUNNING UN-ISSUED CONDITION,WE HAVE A VERY RARE UN-ALTERED/NON-REWORKED REMINGTON MODEL 1917 US ARMY SERVICE RIFLE IN 30-06. THIS IS A BLUED RIFLE WITH ALL REMINGTON PARTS IN ORIGINAL CONDITION. THE BARREL DATE IS JULY, 1918.
BY THE END OF WWI, 3/4ths (75%) OF THE US EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN EUROPE WERE ARMED WITH THE MODEL 1917 RIFLE. IN FACT, IT CAME VERY CLOSE TO REPLACING THE 1903 SPRINGFIELD AS OUR SERVICE RIFLE AFTER THE WAR.
OUR GREATEST OF OUR HERO OF WWI, SERGEANT ALVIN YORK USED THE M-1917 RIFLE IN HIS FAMOUS EXPLOITS, HE CALLED IT “THE BRITISH RIFLE”. THIS IS THE VERY TYPE OF RIFLE HE DRILLED 30 GERMANS WITH. THESE STRAIGHT UP WWI 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 WWII. THIS IS A PRISTINE ORIGINAL UN-UPGRADABLE EXAMPLE OF THE RIFLE THAT WAS REALLY USED OVER THERE.
