What should I expect to pay for a Enfield M1917?

[purple]

Does the C broad arrow and red paint add much to the value of these?

It shows Canadian provenance which does ring some folk's bells.

I bought my first M1917 from the old Ribtor Sales in Calgary back in 1973. its a virtually unissued/unused Eddystone. When I started handloading for it I found that the throat hadn't been reamed to the same depth as you normally find. I just seat the bullets a little deeper to keep them off the lands and its a great shooter.

Back around 1990 there was an importation of a lot of Danish surplus M1917s which had been issued to Danish reserve forces after WW2. Some of these showed Cdn markings and some of the red paint. Quite a few also had the distinctive notch that the Danes milled out of the rear face of the receiver ring, purportedly to facilitate clip loading. I dunno why they did that because an M1917 loads just fine from a stripper clip as it was made.

 

[MuthaFunk]

Does the C broad arrow and red paint add much to the value of these?

Thats interesting if you have one that does. As I understand it the broad arrow meant British Commonweath issue. These rifles being made in the US after the Americans joined the war and in the 30-06 caliber would lead me to believe there shouldn’t be a broad arrow on it. Although I read the red paint was a sign to the troops that it was a different caliber.

I wonder what what the story of that rifle is??? Interesting indeed.

 

[MuthaFunk]

Thanks Purple!!

 

[Hitzy]

So it looks like it’s all matching?? I see a lot of E’s on everything. The barrel says 9-18 so would that make it an original from Sept 1918? Does this look like it’s been refurbed at some point?

Rear sight should have a serial number on matching the rest of them as well.
Or maybe that's just P14's...

 

[Hitzy]

Thats interesting if you have one that does. As I understand it the broad arrow meant British Commonweath issue. These rifles being made in the US after the Americans joined the war and in the 30-06 caliber would lead me to believe there shouldn’t be a broad arrow on it. Although I read the red paint was a sign to the troops that it was a different caliber.

I wonder what what the story of that rifle is??? Interesting indeed.

C-> is Canadian property stamp, I have a 1917 and a pre-victory 6" 38S&W revolver with those marks.