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hello ,,the 1917 model an offspring of the 1914 model enfield ,,before ww1 got into full steam the brits contracted firms here in the states to make an alternate to the british enfields ,,the 1914 was born and the us shipped these to the brits and they were nicknamed the 1914 enfeild ,,when ww1 got rolling the us coul;dn't produce enough 1903 rifle so production was changed over from the 303 british md p14 to the model 1917 model,,it was chambered for the 30-06 caliber and was produced by winchester ,,remington and eddystone arsenals ,,most of these were used stateside as long as ww2 when they were issued to guard units and civil defence personal as well as some seeing action during ww2,
,,the stock was almost full lenght and had a handguard on top with a front band that accepted the 1903 bayonet ,,after the ww wars alot of these were sold as surplus to many arms dealers and many were bought for the long action to use in sporter projects,,the action is usitable for large caliber magnum cartridges ,,with little or no modification except restocking and minor bolt work for the mounting of scopes ,,the 1917 action was the basis for remingtons model 30 bolt action sporting rifle which was just a model 1917 action that was modified by removing the rear site and milling the top of the receiver to except a scope ,,..
,,ok now you know a breif history of the rifle now for the values ,,if still in military configuration with original stock and hardware intact the value for a winchester model 1917 wiould be around 400-600+ and possibly a little more if extra clean,,if it's been sporterized the value would be around 250-300 and mabey more if it was done nicely,,but value would be more to a hunter than a military collector ,,
bigcurt
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