My 1917 Winchester Enfield

[Narragansett]

I bought this in 1977( made in 1918). The original stock was cracked, so I bought 2 surplus black walnut stocks and a set of hand guards and finished them. One of the stocks I cut to a sporter. Sorry I got my feet in the pics

Anybody else got a full military old rifle?

 

[Narragansett]

More pictures of 1917 Enfield

 

[keithherrington]

I see your 1917 and raise you an 1898 Krag Rifle

Two of my favorite guns. Both exceptionally accurate with my loads and a ton of fun to shoot. I also just picked up a Tanker Garand but have not had a chance to shoot it yet.

 

[Narragansett]

Two of my favorite guns. Both exceptionally accurate with my loads and a ton of fun to shoot. I also just picked up a Tanker Garand but have not had a chance to shoot it yet.

i was just looking at your guns on another thread. Very Nice!!. That is the only military weapon I have. I had a Springfield, but i gave it to my son. So I can't raise you back

 

[BearBio]

I have one that was complete except for stacking swivel which I got from Numrich.

The 1917 Enfield is still used by the Danish Dogsled Patrols. From Wikipedia: "The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol (Danish: Slædepatruljen Sirius), known informally as Siriuspatruljen (the Sirius Patrol) and formerly known as North-East Greenland Sledge Patrol and Resolute Dog Sled Patrol,[1] is an elite Danish naval unit. It conducts long-range reconnaissance patrolling, and enforces Danish sovereignty in the Arctic wilderness of northern and eastern Greenland, an area that includes the largest national park in the world.[2] Patrolling is usually done in pairs, sometimes for four months and often without additional human contact.

The Sirius Patrol has the ability to engage militarily, and has done so historically. Its purpose is to maintain Danish sovereignty and police its area of responsibility.[3] The physical and psychological demands for acceptance into the unit are exceptional. Crown Prince Frederik patrolled with the Sirius Patrol.[4]"

"Because of the special nature of Sirius Sled Patrol operations, a wide range of unique equipment is required that is not normally used by the Danish armed forces.[3][12]

The weapons carried also reflect the harsh conditions. Among the equipment used by the Sirius Sledge Patrol is the M1917 Enfield bolt-action rifle chambered in .30-06 Springfield, known in Danish service as the Gevær M/53 (17), and the Glock 20 pistol chambered in 10mm Auto.

The patrol formerly used Pistol M/49 sidearms chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum, but they proved insufficient against the polar bears encountered.[13]


"The weapons carried also reflect the harsh conditions. Only bolt-action rifles (M17/M53) perform reliably. The standard SIG210 Neuhausen sidearm was recently replaced by the 10mm Glock 20, as the stopping power of multiple 9mm rounds proved to be insufficient against a polar bear."[14]

The Sirius Patrol uses the standard .30-06 168-grain military rifle round and also civilian hollow-points. The patrolmen feel that the full metal jacket bullet on the military round is best against polar bears at long range, but that the hollow-points are better against an enraged musk ox. Typically, the patrolmen arrange their stripper clips so every third round is a hollow-point. "

 

[Narragansett]

I have one that was complete except for stacking swivel which I got from Numrich.

The 1917 Enfield is still used by the Danish Dogsled Patrols.

Really?? I had no idea it was still in use. I thought it was pretty much relegated to parades now. Thanks for that tidbit

 

[TeamPB]

Very Nice!

We like (can you love a rifle?) our Eddystone so much. Honey plans on shooting Vintage CMP matches next season. I have yet to master the Garand, she almost has. Her Christmas gift is over 100 years newer and just came home from the LGS today! What a contrast, Eddy might have to come to the range with "it" tomorrow.


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[Narragansett]

Very Nice!

We like (can you love a rifle?) our Eddystone so much. Honey plans on shooting Vintage CMP matches next season. I have yet to master the Garand, she almost has. Her Christmas gift is over 100 years newer and just came home from the LGS today! What a contrast, Eddy might have to come to the range with "it" tomorrow.


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Ok, get this, my first Enfield was an Eddystone bought before the 1968 gun control act. They were 7.00. If you added a dollar to make it 8.00 you got a special selection, and that was SHIPPED to your doorstep from the Dept of Civilian marksmanship ( DCM). Unaltered or unmolested full military guns are getting pretty pricey now. I have seen nice ones for 1200.00 now. Too many were sporterized so the unaltered ones go for a lot. I just saw one in a LGS with some modifications for 600.00. That is why I made a separate stock. Just swap the barreled action and buttplate. Surplus stocks were 5.00, and hand guards were 2.50. No idea what they go fo now. The one in the pictures cost me 135.00 in 1977. I would love a couple more, but not at that price. I have to find my grail gun, a M27, which I really paid no attention to because there are still plenty of M28's.

Oh, and you could order one at 14 YO, I did. I still remember my father looking at the box, saying what is that?

 

[silentflyer]

I have Dad's 30-06 Enfield, he bought in the early 60's,I think he paid 21$ for it a "extra nice" one shipped to the front door. When he cleaned the cosmolen out of it, he found a paper tag stating the weapon had been test fired 6 times.
He later "sporterized" it, milled off the military sights, replaced them with Lyman open sights, cut the stock down himself. He later added a scope to it. I don't think he, myself and my brother ever had to shoot and deer more than once with it. It has put a lot of venison on the table.
Needless to say it's one of those "never to be sold" guns.

 

[brick]

I have several full military old rifles. They are as follows: 1903 Springfield made in 1918, 1917 Winchester made in 1918 and 1903 Remington made in 1942.

 

[Narragansett]

I have Dad's 30-06 Enfield, he bought in the early 60's,I think he paid 21$ for it a "extra nice" one shipped to the front door. When he cleaned the cosmolen out of it, he found a paper tag stating the weapon had been test fired 6 times.
He later "sporterized" it, milled off the military sights, replaced them with Lyman open sights, cut the stock down himself. He later added a scope to it. I don't think he, myself and my brother ever had to shoot and deer more than once with it. It has put a lot of venison on the table.
Needless to say it's one of those "never to be sold" guns.

The one I have will not be modified , or at least by me. Modified ones are 4-6 hundred dollars, scope included

 

[Valmet]

That's a stunning 1917. Easily my favorite milsurp rifle. Strong, accurate, excellent sights. Mine is an Eddystone. A presentation rifle given to the owner of a PA Railroad that supplied the plant with materials- given to him (and other big wigs) to commemorate the mfg of the millionth 1917 at the plant in August 1918.

 

[joe44va]

Bought my son an Eddystone 1917 a couple of years ago. He does WWI and WWII reenacting.

 

[Bakebfr480]

Very nice!

 

[ggibson511960]

Treasured Relics

The Enfield action is silly strong. Many a Pattern 14 Enfield met its end, sporterized and converted to the A-Square proprietary line. Too bad. The world scarcely needs more proliferation of trendy rhino roller magnums, but unmolested milsurp rifles are a fixed commodity to be treasured.

 

[M E Morrison]

Bought my son an Eddystone 1917 a couple of years ago. He does WWI and WWII reenacting.

does he use the 1917 for WW2 re-enacting?

 

[Ματθιας]

does he use the 1917 for WW2 re-enacting?

He could be re-enactng very early rear echelon troops or crew served weapons crews, like arty.

 

[M E Morrison]

He could be re-enactng very early rear echelon troops or crew served weapons crews, like arty.

I know they were in limited use, that's why I asked.

 

[LVSteve]

does he use the 1917 for WW2 re-enacting?

The 1917 saw some limited use during WWII by US forces and a bunch of them were used by the British Home Guard. The latter guns had a red stripe painted around the stock and handguard. Of course, many of those that made it back to the US were immediately attacked with paint stripper and/or sandpaper to remove "that ugly paint". Thus the history is destroyed.

 

[LVSteve]

The 1917 Enfield is still used by the Danish Dogsled Patrols.

I hope they have found a way to carry the rifle in a scabbard on the sled. The Model of 1917 and its P14 progenitor are heavy lumps.

My 1917 is a Remington has a strange two-tone stock, dark on one side and light on the other, most likely due to the cut of the wood.

I also have two Pattern 14s, a Winchester and an ERA. One day I should try and get a Remington for the set.

Funny P14/1917 story. Guy came on a another forum to ask if a P14 stock could be modded to take a 1917 action. I could barely spell typing my reply so fast. You see, my ERA was in Winchester P14 wood, but my Winchester came in a 1917 stock. The guy on the forum had an ERA "Fatboy" stock set... After a trade and some action swapping, I had two P14s in the right wood and the other guy had proper wood for his 1917. Win and win.