Joy of M1917

Here's a '17 Enfield rescued from Bubba:
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Maybe a shame to loose a good one but it sure is not a BUBBA.

Its beautifully done. If its going to be done that's the way to have it done

I have a 1903A3 Sporter, Smith Corona 6 grove that was put on a Remington receiver in Australia in WWII (barrel has the date and repair center stamped in it an its been authenticated)

How it got drilled and tapped and scoped I don't know but I have it now and its a beauty.

It would have been grand to be original but its my target shooter and at times I can drive 4/10 MOA out of it. If not for the conversion I would not have it so a mixed blessing but I will enjoy it forever.
 
I picked up an Eddystone a few weeks ago for $150. It's in rough shape, rear sight was ground down, crappy sporterize job, but hell of a rifle.

The guy I bought it from said it was 300 H&H, however in the pile of ammo that he gave me was some 300 Win mag. I called him and asked and he claimed to shoot both from it? This was news to me and I have yet to get it looked at? Any opinions?

FYI: I chambered both rounds and it closes and locks normal, no forcing.
 
I don't know where they got them, but the U.S. did supply some Model 1917's to the South Vietnamese "village guards". Of course, the guns were as long as the VN were tall, but they worked and the idea was that if the rifles were "donated" to or captured by the VC it would be small loss.

But never underestimate the ignorance of the American press. One of our gallant and noble journalists, hearing about the old rifles, wrote a half-page article taking the U.S. Army to task for giving the "M17" to the Vietnamese while the Americans were having to use the old and unreliable M16! Come to think of it....

Jim
 
So true about that front sight. When I first shot some 150 cmp it looked like a shotgun pattern. Then I tried 165 grain and it tightened up nice. I load them light with 42 grains oh H4895.
 
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