So my Winchester US Model of 1917...

[davemccarthy707]

You'll be a piece of history once yer Old Lady sees the cosmoline all over her new couch... yer facked, lad...yer facked!

HA! For sure! Anyways on my way out the door to try the old girl out (the rifle that is ) I will report back shortly.

 

[John Sukey]

Reason for the "mixmaster" Blame the Weedon Repair centre. All those P14's that the Brits didn't bother to use in WW1 came in quite handy in WW2, especialy after Dunkirk when ANYTHING that would chamber a .303 round was pressed into service.
Now about that "unfit for front line service" The british acceptance inspectors were PICKY, PICKY, about stuff made by their ex-colonials until it got to the point that they were asked if they REALLY WANTED the rifles.

 

[purple]

It's a real mixmaster. Remington stock. Eddystone barrel. Winchester action and bolt (all bolt parts are W). I love it, as it's a piece of history.

So there is some interchangeability after all. In yrs past you could order W, R, and E marked parts from Springfield Sporters to "un-mix" a mixmaster M1917. Unfortunately Springfield won't export to Canada anymore because of all of the ongoing security nause.

Is the rifle an ex-Danish one? You can tell by the presence of a s/n stamped on the bottom of the butt fore of the sling swivel and a stamped s/n on the bolt. Both of these features, as well as a milled cuttout on the top rear of some of the receiver rings, were uniquely Danish modifications.