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Hello, New to the forum and hoping someone can help me with a date of manufacture on an M1917. Synchro 6 Keygen Idm there. I inherited the gun from my father and my recollection is that it was given to him by my aunt in the late 60's early 70's as a birthday gift.
The gun was sort of a 'finish it yourself' sporterized 'kit rifle. It has what I believe to be a commercial barrel (chambered in 30.06) and came with an inletted unfinished sporter stock with a rollover cheek piece.The rear sight ears were still on it however my father many years ago had them milled off and the receiver drilled and tapped for a scope mount. The front receiver ring is marked: US MODEL OF 1917 REMINGTON 680236 The serial number is way higher than any serial number I've seen attributed to Remington M1917 production. I know that they had some leftover parts some of which were assembled into rifles, and some of which were perhaps sold off to the commercial market. Any help the members can give me on a manufacture date of this gun (receiver) would be greatly appreciated.
In theory the last Remington produced under the gov't contract was serial# 545,541. However when one ceases a contract suddenly on a given date (11 Nov 1918) you just know there were a ton of parts left to be assembled. It is documented that Winchester assembled rifles until April hoping that the M1917 would be adopted as US standard. Remington of course likely did some additional assembly and for a fact actively marketed the rifle elsewhere, ultimately selling some to Honduras. Of course they also used their parts to continue the M1917 line as a civilian sporter, the Model 30. Since it came originally with ears, it was certainly a military action most likely assembled from parts on hand. I too have a high number Remington outside of the gov't contract and bought is as a new in the wrap receiver from SARCO in the late 60s or early 70s.
I had the rest of the parts on hand and built it into a sporter. Now I could kick myself for not buying some of the new barrels that were also available at that time. Thanks for the reply. Any idea of when a receiver with that high of a serial number would have been manufactured? Am I correct that none were produced after 1919?
I was just doing some more in depth examination of my rifle and I've determined it was most definitely assembled by some entity out of surplus (overrun) parts. The receiver obviously is a Remington, the underside of the bolt handle is stamped 'R' so the bolt is also Remington, the bolt release, safety and magazine box are all stamped 'E' (Eddystone) while the magazine follower is stamped 'W' (Winchester) so the rifle is a mongrel.