Who Has A 1917 Enfield?

I built a deer rifle for my father when I was in high school for a shop project. I got a 1917 Remington Enfield and used that for the barreled action. Gave the stock to the teacher and used a Bishop stock instead. Cut the barrel down to 25" and turned it, polished it till it was as smooth as we could get. The trigger we replaced with an after market one that I don’t remember the name of. Added Lyman front and read sights, drilled and tapped it for Weaver bases and rings. Added a Weaver K4 scope. My father used this rifle for everything and now that he has passed on it’s now mine again and one day will go to my son. Rifle shot great then and still does to this day. But I don’t see anyone here talking about their 1917’s on BSB. Lawdog

Lawdog,

I have 2 also: A Remington and a Winchester. They're still in their original military condition. I got them from my brother who got them thru friends in the national guard. They were heavily laden with cosmoline and I had quite a time cleaning them. I had to dismantle all the parts to get that caked material out of them. Most parts are mismatched by serial no. but basically mostly Rem or Win still. I was going to make at least one into a sporterized wildcat, but that's out now. I am contemplating restoring them - at least the stocks. I have a Swedish Mauser M96 that I now would like to restore. The stock has a split near the front bbl band, but the oil is so soaked in the wood that I'm sure epoxy will not bond. I did a lot of work on this rifle a few years ago - another unfinished project. Below is a pic of the M1917 Rem when I got it back from McGowen. I changed my mind on using this for a 375 Whelen Imp and instead used a new Mark X action that he had on the shelf.

NH,

You're right on that being the '06 necked up to 375. I have the case blown out same as a 35 Whelen Ack Imp. I simply size new 35 Whelens and fire form with a somewhat full charge. My best accuracy has been with 300 grn Hornady RN's. I Have a pic on the Home Page in Gun Pictures. I have an extra fancy Fajen semi-inletted stock still waiting for me in the basement(cool and dry year round; yet another unfinished project). The pic shows a cobbled B. C. stock that was on a VZ24 action. The Fajen will NOT have a recoil pad on it. Kick is quite light and manageable for me.

gene