Why would someone do this to a perfectly good 1917??

[LeagleEagle]

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=264622427
Yuck!!

[Eddystone3006]

Blasphemy !!!!!!!

destroy the culprits

God wills it!!!!

[cplnorton]

Ok, I have to admit, I want it. lol

It would be a perfect truck gun. :)

[Guamsst]

I can't see the pics right now but whatever they did, it was done for the following reasons.

#1. destroying the value of a perfectly good gun was seen as a "money saver".
#2. they are sure they are much more smarter than those eggheads with their massive budgets, knowledge, experience and factories. Therefore they can surely make the gun better, usually with a hacksaw and hand drill.

[dave]

Looks rediculus, not bubba, gun shop (evidently) shortened to 16" barrel and wood bands etc.. still military looking.

[Marine A5 Sniper]

I like it.

jt

[Guamsst]

And did they change the rear sight?
Uhg, another "Tanker" rifle I guess.
Ofcourse, you can buy a nice new hunting rifle for the same as a sportered 1917. A fool and his money...

[Guamsst]

I like it.

jt

Well, you are wrong sir....LOL

[chuckindenver]

i like it as well, nothing wrong with a carbine length bolt gun, i built a Carbine 1903, they have {tanker} Garands, destroyer carbines ect, why not a 17 Carbine??how many thousands of them are floating around with nasty barrels, cut down stocks ect,
like the idea, and if you wanted to put it back...stock set, and a barrel, your back in bus,.

[Rick]

I like it to. Wouldn't do that to a good rifle myself. If they wanted $200 and I had the cash I would consider buying it.

[Marine A5 Sniper]

Well, you are wrong sir....LOL

No, I am not wrong, I DO like it.

jt

[Bill D]

I would think that after a couple of rounds through it, the "I like it" crowd might change their collective minds. Muzzle flash/noise factor probably ranks right up there with a 105 howitzer.

[Rick]

I own a 44 Mosin Nagant without the benefit of a muzzle break. Something you don't want to shoot without earplugs and earmuffs both. This 1917 can't be any worse.

[LeagleEagle]

Damn, bids are up to $315 now

[John Sukey]

chuck, the "destroyer carbine" uses a pistol cartridge.

[chuckindenver]

yea,,,if you shoot in in a rifle, doesnt that make it instantly a rifle round?? if i shoot a .308 rifle in a pistol??does that make it a pistol round??lol..
apples and oranges..
i built a Remington XP 100 in .458X2 years ago..still a pistol,,that was shooting a rifle round..
the M1 Carbine shoots a pistol round as well, as does many other Carbine rifles...

[Guamsst]

No, I am not wrong, I DO like it.

jt

And that's why you are wrong....LOL I'm sure the extra recoil would warrant cutting the butt off and addition of a top quality slip on buttpad too...LOL Oh well, it's already ruined now anyways.

[Embalmer]

i wouldnt like to own it, but would love to see the muzzle flash from it lol

[Marine A5 Sniper]

And that's why you are wrong....LOL I'm sure the extra recoil would warrant cutting the butt off and addition of a top quality slip on buttpad too...LOL Oh well, it's already ruined now anyways.

Recoil will be a little more than typical, but not an issue. Muzzle blast and fireball will be righteous, especially for night use. Woods handling would be superb. Yep, I like it.

jt

[emmagee1917]

I have a M1 Tanker in 30-06 . It's not that bad. Also have a Smith brake I sometimes put on it , still not bad.
Now , my 1919A4 with a 10 inch "stumpy " bbl , that's another story.
Chris

[da gimp]

brother cut down a 1917 Enfield years ago, into a short carbine that he used for years as a farm rifle/deer gun. At the time they were around $100.00 or less & a Win mod 70 was $190.00 & a Rem 700 was just as high. He didn't mind skinning up an old surplus rifle on the tractor or in the truck,many fine surplus rifles were modified years ago.

[Randy A]

I would think that after a couple of rounds through it, the "I like it" crowd might change their collective minds. Muzzle flash/noise factor probably ranks right up there with a 105 howitzer.

I assure you, a 105 would be more quiet LOL. Other than that I kinda like it too!