Got my hands on a Remington 1917 serial in the low 200,000’s original barrel from March 1918… the bore is absolutely gorgeous I’ve taken it to a few Older gun shops to have it looked over to be safe and Both shops offered me what was a crazy price for it… the gun looked like it was barely fired and the bore was in their words “ gold find “ lol. Paid $400 for it a few years ago.  If you for this far here’s the story


Back in 2022 Walked into my dad’s friends house who was selling his small collection just looking for Surplus rifles to shoot / plank with like a mosin he had a few mosin’s… seen this rifle sitting in the coroner really dusty, I asked what’s that rifle he said a 1918 nothing fancy and it shoots 30-06 I said hmmm you can relatively find 30-06 more then 7.62x54R at least in my area it was hard to find and hearing about a possible ban on Russian ammo at the time I opted for the 30-06 thinking eh… Ill just put some rounds through it and toss it in the cabinet. Well… he asked $400 I said heck sure it’s gonna be a planker…. To find out when I got home and did some research and my jaw dropped on the condition and shape it was in after a nice clean. He bought it back in 1990’s and wasn’t sure of the price today and I wasn’t even sure… I offered him a few more hundred dollars a few days later and he said no don’t worry just take care of it. Till this day she’s all shined up and I’ll take 5-10 rounds once in awhile and shoot targets 150-200 yards in fantasy groups.

I need to get one of those. It's the same rifle my grandfather was issued in WW1.

I went to the North Store a month ago and got very lucky with mine.  0 muzzle, 1 throat.  Very pleased.

Really like these military surplus rifles.Interesting video.

I went to an estate sale because they had an M1 garand advertised with no price. My budget was $1200 for a decent garand. They had it at $1800, so I passed. They then offered me an m1917 for $600. I knew nothing about it, but a quick google search told me I couldn’t lose money at that price in the condition it was in. Turned out to be an all matching Winchester made in 2/18. It’s in pristine condition, I don’t think it’s been fired in 50 years. One of these days I’ll take it out and put a couple of rounds through it. I heard they’re awesome hunting rifles and still used in some parts of the world.

Enjoy this piece of history, shooting wise.  Just awesome.

Well this comment is a few years later.  I visited the CMP South store about 6 months ago and the had a few 1903s and a couple of 1917s.
The 1917 is a great shooting rifle with a great history. I had already got an Eddystone a while ago or it would have been hard to leave without one.
Your example looks great.

you have in your hands the best bolt action rifle ever  built by anybody, anywhere.........OnWard...........

Nice one. Got mine from the CMP 20yrs ago. 1918 Eddystone with gorgeous stock and original 1918 barrel. But, the muzzle really needs to be counter-bored. Big ole pit right at the end. 🤠

Nice video and congrats on a fine rifle

I’m getting mine for about the same price, mine isn’t a CMP but it is from Gun Broker. Besides the wood seeing better times, the rest of your rifle looks very good and I hope that the bore is fine. If not though, you can always get barrels or even newly made ones but they’re hard to find. These rifles are arguably the best variant of the Mauser system that you can find and it’s mainly because it’s design was incredibly well thought out and it’s trial guns were way ahead their time (1913).

The early P14 rifles as far my understanding, they shot a very hot cartridge that didn’t work well but it was only because of Premature barrel erosion and the materials for stronger steel or things like Chrome
Lining just wasn’t there yet and they later had to go for conventional cartridges like 7mm Mauser, 303 British and later on, the Americans adopted it and they used 30-06.

I’m not perfect on the history because I just started getting into, so if I’m wrong on anything, do let me know.

Awesome. This did it for me. Ordering one today. Thanks for the video.

Beautiful rifle. It's good to see these on the market again.

Those are great. Got one a few years ago. Great video

Nice. thanks for sharing

Nice rifle👍👍

Currently, the 1917s can only be purchased at a CMP store.

I purchased eddystone  30 06 5 years ago ugly rifle pristine bore   accuracy  was amazing recoil very little  it turned out   to be my  favorite bolt  rifle    nice rifle you will be surprised  accuracy  and recoil department

I wish mine looked like that!  I just got my Field Grade P17 after waiting 6 months.  This one is probably one of the very last available  and it looks like the bottom of the barrel. Next to no finish whatsoever.  Oh well.

You got lucky, pending the bore condition. Look at the front tip of the stock to see if there is a "W" stamped there.
ENJOY, they are usually good shooters!