I bought a Remington M1917 last year. Serial number says it was built in 1918.

The rifle when I bought it-



The rifle was in very good condition but there was a slight issue. It was keyholing and shootng all over the place at 50 yards. The barrel was completely sewer piped. I slugged the barrel and it was too far gone to even shoot the larger .303 projectile.



So I was faced with a decision. I could keep it as a wall hangar or rebarrel it. I have a hard time owning a firearm I can’t shoot so I bought a criterion barrel from CMP and the rifle got rebarrelded for its 100th birthday.



Brand new rifle lands.

You did good. The C&R gods are pleased that another rifle retains its utility.

Great-lookin' rifle. How's it shoot now?

Great rifle.

Very nice.

Chopping the stock or grinding the sights off would have been unthinkable. You just kept an old gun runnin'.

I have a Winchester with a replaced barrel (one of the WW2 rebuilds).  Looks original as long as you don't look at the barrel up there next to the front sight and shoots fine.

That's what's important.  It shoots fine.  Not whether or not the barrel is original.

I'm sitting on a NOS JA barrel myself

Good job.

Nice.  I've never got to shoot one.  But I'm sure like many people, I've always loved the idea of a 1917.  I think they look neat.   And I always like the sort of "oddball" guns.  I know it's not THAT oddball.  But if you go through books of WWII pics and stuff, it's rare you see one.  I think I remember seeing one in some Marines hands in some training or something like that.  And they had the duck hunter camo on.....

WWI might be a whole different story.  I've never really studied that war to any large degree.

How does it shoot with the new barrel?

yes pics with the new barrel impacts..