Identifying

[scjordan]

Hey all.
Wierd one.
Very little markings. Serial numbers don't match. Short barrel.
Bolt handle looks like a P17.
Looks like action and barrel one piece.
Wierd part is the barrel is twisted to the right. I wish guns could talk. There is a big gouge out the barrle in front of the action.

 

[BlackPowderBurner]

It looks like a heavily modified P14. M1917 rifles do not typically have serialized bolts.

 

[struff55]

yup a junkchester
take the extractor ejector bolts all other removable parts they have value and cut the action in half
done

 

[scjordan]

Oh i know it's pouched but wondered thoughts on how the barrel was twisted.

 

[Snider shooter]

Oh i know it's pouched but wondered thoughts on how the barrel was twisted.

Likely leaned against a tailgate and backed over. I’ve seen two shotguns that happened to.

 

[Cottage Hill Bill]

Can't see enough of the receiver to tell, but if it looks like a M1917 with the sight ears ground off, but without the machining marks where the grinding happened it might be a Model 30. After the war Remington had a pile of M1917 parts left over. They milled off the rear sight protectors, turned the receiver to barrel diameter and put sporting stocks on them and sold them as the Model 30. In 30-06 only.

 

[bdft]

I can't say whether it's a 1914 or a 1917 but the barrel doesn't look bent. It looks like a different barrel was screwed on and not indexed. The 'gouge" in the barrel in front of the receiver looks like a rear sight dovetail which lines up with the front sight.