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    Posted: October 11 2019 at 4:27pm
Last Sunday morning my dad and I did some shooting. He was seeing where his '39 BSA No 1 Mk III* was hitting and trying out the Savage No 4 I worked on for him. I was using my 1917 Winchester M1917. Sighting it so it's ready for deer season. It took a bit for both of us to settle in but once I did I pulled off a couple shots that surprised me. The two circled rounds were part of a 3 shot group. The third round was higher but straight above these two. Of course I had to pull one. Still, it's nice to see what this rifle is capable of. This rifle does still have it's 1917 dated barrel and wasn't a WW 2 rework. Ammo was Federal Fusion with 165 gr bullet. Range was 100 yards, front rest, open sights.

My dad's Savage was interesting. Having put on a micrometer rear sight we found it was shooting very low. My dad tried S&B first and that was keyholing. So he tried some Wolf Gold and the rifle liked that, although it was still shooting very low. He had to set the rear sight to 600 to get it up enough to score. All in all it was a lot of fun.




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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hoadie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2019 at 5:37pm
UMmmm.. aint you supoosed to b snowbound?
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The storm didn't hit my area too hard. The worst is further Northwest of me. Got about 5" of snow is all.
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Snow? In Manitoba, we are in blizzard conditions. 6" so far, another 6" to come over night. I just got in from using the snow blower. It was like moving water as it's just above freezing.
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Bear, my advice is to enjoy every every opportunity to shoot with your Dad while you can.  My Dad was an active LE shooter back in the ‘50s and ‘60s.  He is now 88 years of age and I fear we have had our last days shooting together.  I can get him out to check on me but I haven’t been able to get him behind the trigger in a few years now.  I still have a photo up in my loading room with him behind the No. 4(T) taken about 20 years ago...




Nice shooting M1917!  I’ve not been able to find one as of yet to add to my collection. 

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dittos that , i lost mine in 2000 and he and i had not shot together in a few years at that time , i miss that - trying to be better about getting out with my kids but it is hard with all of our schedules , 

i do love the P14/M17 rifles , the perfect blend between an enfield and a springfield for those of us that love both , 
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I agree get the shooting & chinwagging in while you can! The worst that could happen is you'll create more memories!

I was amazed how susceptible to slight changes in load could effect POI! When I was sighting in the SMLE & the AGP sight I started out with Mk VII ball, once zeroed I switched to my 180 gr handloads at a similar, but slightly lower (100fps or so) velocity. The POI @ 100yds shifted 8" UP!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote SW28fan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2019 at 4:37pm
You inspired me I brought my M1917 to the range  today, short prone and mostly was in the black
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its getting me interested in getting mine out again as well , i love the M1917 & P1914 rifles , neither of mine have seen the range in recent years , years ago when i had near a dozen of them they got used more , i think i miss the 1918 remington M17 most of all those remington and eddystones i once had , it was a shooter , none of my eddystones were , most of the other remingtons weren't either - that was when there were so many shot out examples 

i do love my winchester M17 that i kept  tho , and the eddystone P14 , 


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I have noticed that it has become more difficult to find the Remington M1917's. I see Winchester's fairly regularly and of course Eddystone's are a dime a dozen. I still need to add both a Remington and Eddystone to the collection. Only reason I am is since it's based off the P14 design. It still fits into the British and Commonwealth collection the way I see it.
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i found that the winchester - least produced were hardest when i was looking , i wonder if the owners are finally letting go ? they had issues in production and could not meet the parts interchangeability requirements on schedule but the were noted as the most accurate , i fell into mine at just the right moment in time , it is the one i will retain as my only example of these in the collection ,

the remingtons were less found yet second most prolific in production , mine was in canadian service and that may have saved it but i think a lot of these ended up in foregin use by after wars aid , i only found the one in my time looking but it was a good one , i almost kept this one but in the end only wanted one left after divesting my US collection , 

the eddystones were once everywhere but as the most prolific producer they were also heavily used and often near worn out when i got mine - i had a dozen or more of these over the years , all of these came and went rather easily , 
only retained my eddystone Pattern 14 as its an early one still wearing all her proper parts 
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