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1917 Eddystone Rebuild?
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<blockquote data-quote="nksmfamjp" data-source="post: 1929138" data-attributes="member: 1951"><p>The 1917 is a great rifle to sporterize. Trouble is that they are quite early examples of manufacturing. They require lots of skilled hand fitting. Modern gunsmiths often don't do this. There were lots of stocks, action parts, etc available, but there are less now. I think if you really want to rework the action into a trued custom action, you will spend $1200 plus. You can buy a custom Rem700 pattern action for that.</p><p></p><p>Also stock choice will be limited as they had a drop belly floor plate</p><p></p><p>So, if you are looking for an LRH rifle, other choices are better. It you are looking to drop $6000-$25000 into a full custom classic wood stock hunting rifle, this would make a great action. I think it is David Gentry that has a real nice one on his site.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nksmfamjp, post: 1929138, member: 1951"] The 1917 is a great rifle to sporterize. Trouble is that they are quite early examples of manufacturing. They require lots of skilled hand fitting. Modern gunsmiths often don’t do this. There were lots of stocks, action parts, etc available, but there are less now. I think if you really want to rework the action into a trued custom action, you will spend $1200 plus. You can buy a custom Rem700 pattern action for that. Also stock choice will be limited as they had a drop belly floor plate So, if you are looking for an LRH rifle, other choices are better. It you are looking to drop $6000-$25000 into a full custom classic wood stock hunting rifle, this would make a great action. I think it is David Gentry that has a real nice one on his site. [/QUOTE]
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