'03-A3 vs 1917
Why are the 1917 rifles usually priced lower than the '03-A3s? Are the sights better on the 1917? I looked through a friend's '03-A3 and the front sight blade is THIN, and the rear aperture large. Are...
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Why are the 1917 rifles usually priced lower than the '03-A3s? They're uglier than the 03-A3.
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How do they shoot? Are they as accurate as the '03s, or more accurate? Jim
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There may be a reason why I am having a New Barrel being put on a M1917 receiver and my 1903a3 is posted for sale on the board at the Range. There was that 95/100 4x ring prone (with my crappy...
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Tell me about the variations like a JA and Eddystone. Are they different from a Remington? Arsenal rebuilds and worth less? Jim
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Well Eddystone was a second factory set up by Remington for their P-14/M1917 contract and are the least desired. Two years ago before things got strange a Eddystone in good condition sold for about...
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Back in the dark ages "1950s and '60s" I remember a lot of comments by collectors, hunters and shooters in the area where I grew up criticizing the 1917's cocking on closing - everyone wanted a...
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I never quite understood why cocking on closing was considered a major defect. Though the 1950s and 1960s was the era of the much inlayed, gloss finnished, high cheek pieced fancy stocks which I...
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I never understood that either. A @%!+ on closing allows more leverage for extracting a stuck cartridge.
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SW28fan wrote: . . . Though the 1950s and 1960s was the era of the much inlayed, gloss finnished, high cheek pieced fancy stocks which I consider utterly tastelesss.Yep; unfortunately, many a...
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SW28fan wrote: . . . The M1917 was the redheaded stepchild of US Military arms until a few years ago. They were lend Leased to a lot of contries during WWII some will be marked as such. Britain got...
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I might have waited too long. There are several 1917s I have been watching. The Eddystone I was interested in had been priced at $650.00, and I wasn't jumping yet. Today I noticed he had dropped the...
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Speaking of M1917s I should be picking mine up tomorrow be nice to see how a virgin Johnson Arms barrel shoots.
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I am from the opposite side...I sold my M1917 because I could not tolerate a rifle that did not have any windage correction. If you think that windage adjustments are not necessary, you will see that...
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Thank you M14man. I didn't run across that info when I started reading about it. Like you I want windage and elevation adjustments. Jim
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The issue of windage adjustment is not that big a deal in CMP Matches where under the current rules Springfields only compete against other Springfields. The M1917s are in the Vintage Military Rifle...
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When you shoot one type of ammo, and only one type of ammo, you can do that; like at Camp Perry. Nudge that sight where it needs be and hope for little wind...Real life with reloading and varied ammo...
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just my observations and humble opinions here - the M1917 was 'not the accepted US rifle' , but it was fielded in greater numbers because the commercial contractors could outperform the US arsenals ,...
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