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Message started by Mike4MSU on Dec 8th, 2019 at 5:11pm

Title: Re: Winchester 1917
Post by Mike4MSU on Dec 8th, 2019 at 8:49pm

Whig wrote on Dec 8th, 2019 at 7:19pm:
Beautiful rifle and with a great bore! I'd love to have one so nice. I have an M1917 Enfield but your Winchester is much nicer.

I like how you said they made 465,980 of these and your serial number is 471,792! Must be something there I don't know about their serial numbering.

Thanks for sharing. Love Mil Surp firearms.


Did some more digging and found this article:
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According to the article, the number I provided was what was produced by Winchester as of November 1, 1918. Winchester continued to produce rifles until approx April of 1919. Ultimately Winchester produced a total of ~580,000 rifles.

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