Remington Model 1917 Rifle Serial Numbers
Model 1917 Remington Rifle Value
According to C.S. Ferris, Remington was told that they would be paid up to the time of the completion of rifle # 647358 and that rifle was packed for shipping on. The plant stayed open until. Ferris records rifles with serial numbers 652229 (11-18 barrel) and 655243 (9-18 barrel) in his book and it is believed that some later rifles were made from spare parts.He also mentions that # 652299, has the receiver marked 'SCRAP' in small letters well below the serial number and the rifle did not have the eagles head acceptance mark on the left side of the receiver as the government would not buy any more.Can you please post pictures or your rifle, especially the right and left side of the receiver? It sounds like you may have one of the last ones Remington made while they were shutting down production in February 1919.
Unfortunately I do not have the complete rifle. The action was traded into my shop back around 2000 or 2001, the original barrel was a sewer pipe so it is long gone. I have kept the action and recently pulled it out of the safe. I plan on putting a new Crieterion barrel on and stocking it up to make a military shooter from it. The receiver has the typical flaming bomb on the outside side rail and the top of the side rail has the eagle head.
The receiver ring roll stamp is typical.even to the point I have noticed on other 1917 stampings, the'7' tends to be slightly deeper (end of the roll stamp, more pressure exerted). The bolt is not original as it is a Winchester (easy fix to find a Remington bolt). The only other serial number I have seen above mine was ser. # 672064 that was NOT assembled into a rifle and it had no eagle or flaming bomb stamp.This post also mentions serial # 670246. It looks like I have (?) one of the last Remingtons to be completed (due to the acceptance stamps). Overall my receiver is in very good shape with no rust pitting.
Had a guy bring a 1917 enfield into the gun shop I work part time at for sale. He said it came out of his fathers garage. The gun is a Remington model 1917 that has seen better days, but is all there. Only missing part is the stacking swivel. I was shocked when I looked at the serial number and saw only two didgits 20. Would that make this gun have a premium resale value?