What is this and where can i find a bolt?

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so am i right in assuming it is 1917 rifle? where can i find a bolt and is headspacing a common issue?

it is a friends rifle he got from his grand mother. it was his grandfathers and that all he/we know about it.

is it even worth the trouble to source a bolt? rifle has patina but the bore is really nice. he doesnt want to sell it even if he finds a bolt. just a complete wall hanger that maybe can get shot every few years.
 
Monthly gun shows. Used to be in Burnaby now in Chilliwack.

Look for Ron Tyson.
 
I have a spare bolt for that rifle if you're really interested. It looks like the wood is cut down. It certainly isn't rare and from what I can see of the photos it isn't collectible.

In that condition without a bolt it's worth maybe $50 for parts if the bore is good and the barrel is uncut. With a bolt, $150 at most and the bolt will cost $60 plus shipping.

The rifle in the pic is made at the Eddystone plant which was owned by Remington at the time.

It is called a Pattern 17 rifle and is chambered in 30-06 Springfield. Lots more on Google.
 
or if you are looking to make a good shooter out of it, get a nice stock from boyds, pick up the bolt from the gun show, and look for an s/k no drill scope mount. for 450$ or so, you would have a great hunting rifle.
 
U.S. Model of 1917 rifle, a .30-06 version of the British P-14 that was designed (in .303British) to replace the SMLE. The British had P-14s made in the U.S.A. because their own factories were going flat out to equip their rapidly expanding army in WWI. Soon the whole thing had blown up so large they realised switching rifles was unfeasible until after the war and P-14s were only issued to limited roles. When the Americans joined in and they had to raise an Expeditionary Force for Europe faster than their existing capacity to produce their Springfield service rifle it was faster and cheaper to re-work the P-14 design to .30-06 and use the P-14 factories than to expand the production of Springfield rifles.

So as bearhunter said above, it isn't rare. The U.S.A. troops in Europe for WWI used M1917s much more than they used Springfields. Most M1917s would have been sold off surplus after the war and probably most were converted for sporting use.

Sometimes they are called "the American Enfield" and sometimes the P-17. Some people will say P-17 isn't correct, but while Model of 1917 is more correct because all made in .30-06 were made under that designation, the U.S.A. supplied some to Canada and the U.K. which did give them the designation P-17 because they weren't P-14s.
 
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