Sported Winchester 1917

[Calfed]

the 2 tone colors are from the ends being annealed..90% of all 1917,s will have this. sans a few rare early rifles. easier to see when parkerized then blue.

Thanks, Chuck. I was wondering about the color differences myself

[John Sukey]

Winchester had lots of parts left over after WW1 so they sporterised the M1917 and called it the model 30 which sold until 1940

[Calfed]

Was that Winchester or Remington?

[JimF]

Winchester had lots of parts left over after WW1 so they sporterised the M1917 and called it the model 30 which sold until 1940

Best to rethink that John . . . .it was Remington that came out with the model 30 . . . .remember?? --Jim

[Calfed]

I stuck a Weaver K4 on this one (didn't care for the United that came with it) and shot it today. The "crown" (or what a gunsmith might laughingly refer to as a crown) is scary looking.





But even with the scary looking crown, it did ok..threw one to the 12o'clock and one went a bit wide

Question...how much improvement could I expect from re-crowning it?

6 180 gr Federal Powr-shoks @ 100 yards

[joem]

I think I might have it recrowned and see what it will do. Might be a tack driver.

[Calfed]

I recently got the barrel recrowned. The gunsmith recommended a very slight re cut and then recrowned the barrel.



Much better than the old "crown"


I hope to get to the range this week and see if there is an improvement.

[Calfed]

Got to the range yesterday for a quick session. Didn't get many shots downrange, but did shoot a few with the sported 1917.

I was a little disappointed in the results...



I can't blame the new crown...it looks good


I'm not sure if I got everything back into the stock correctly...or if it needs a little firing to settle everything. There doesn't seem to be much up pressure on the barrel at the tip of the stock either...might have to shim the tang a bit.

[Dan Shapiro]

I'd put some more round through it first, and then check the screws for tightness. See what results you get before fiddling with anything else.

[Dan Wilson]

Dan, I think he was joking, at least I hope he is joking as that looks like its shooting damn good