Remington P17 rifle

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Hello,
some time ago my father bought a Remington Model 1917 for a gun dealer, the rifle is in excellent condition, wood has no dent and the finish is great, the blue of the barrel is good and the bore is mirror like.

The only thing that was wrong with it was a missing screw for the "upper band". The rifle is a great shot too.

But this is not why I am posting, I was installing a scope on my other rifle the other day and felt like taking out the P17 to shoulder it, and examine it a bit. That's when i noticed a marking on the stock. It kinda looks like C broad arrow.

What I dont quite understand is why theres a canadian marking on a US rifle.

Could any of you help me out with this?

Thanks,
Alex

PS. I'm going to be making a screw for the upper band when I have time next week at the gunsmith shop.
 
alexD92 said:
Hello,
some time ago my father bought a Remington Model 1917 for a gun dealer, the rifle is in excellent condition, wood has no dent and the finish is great, the blue of the barrel is good and the bore is mirror like.

The only thing that was wrong with it was a missing screw for the "upper band". The rifle is a great shot too.

But this is not why I am posting, I was installing a scope on my other rifle the other day and felt like taking out the P17 to shoulder it, and examine it a bit. That's when i noticed a marking on the stock. It kinda looks like C broad arrow.

What I dont quite understand is why theres a canadian marking on a US rifle.

Could any of you help me out with this?

Thanks,
Alex

PS. I'm going to be making a screw for the upper band when I have time next week at the gunsmith shop.
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Numrich Arms will have that screw and cheaply too...and they ship to Canada.

Yes, Canada had some of these rifles, I've seen them marked with C Broad Arrow too.
Got some pics of it to post?
 
P-17 C Broad arrow

I have seen one at the Canadian War Museum,...one of the p-17 used by the ''Fusillier du St Laurent''...it had a red band painted on the forestock to indicate not to try 303 ammo in it...so P-14 and P17 were used side by side ..sort of. War oblige!
 
No sorry, its locked in the safe so I wont be taking any pictures of it.

The rifle has no red paint on it, I don't know if the finish of it was redone, but it looks unissued.
 
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I have two M1917's. A Remington and an Eddystone, both of which ended up in service here in Canada, "C" Broad Arrow marked. The former with the RCAF and the latter with the COTC (Canadian Officers Training Corps).

EXAMPLE:

Model 1917 U.S. Rifle (Mfg by Eddystone in June 1918)

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Pics tell the story and would make it a lot easier to help you out............ ;)

Regards,
Badger
 
little update.

it has no other markings other then the C with a broad arrow in it on the stock. Although the receiver and the bolt have the US ordnance logo.

bolt and receiver do not...sadly have the same serial number.
 
Again I also have a Winchester M1917 marked RCAF with original 1918 bbl that bubba molested, But is restorable. They were part of the WWII lend-lease program.
 
I've seen a couple of C broad arrow marked, P17s without red paint and "no" serial numbr on the bolt handle. One was at the Chilliwack show and two were at the Kamloops show.

I wonder if the US issued P17 rifles, like the 1903 Springfields, had bolts that were originally serial numbered to the rifle? Maybe it's a Canadian and or British phenomena. All of the P14 rifles I've seen do have serialised bolts. Hmmmmmmmm.
 
Canadian issue P17 rifles had there bolt serialized here I am pretty sure. After the War many of these ended up as aid to foreign countries in Europe. Century Arms formerly in Montreal imported a large number from Danemark, most of the ones floating around at Gunshows are from that batch. Not all the rifles had the red banded painted on and many were removed by collectors who did not know or care about their meaning.
 
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