Thought I was crazy lol. I’ve researched and it seems Winchester stopped making them before Remington did so they sold the parts to Remington. Another story is arsenal rebuilds marked the bolts and didn’t try to match makers. Lastly I read in the lend lease some countries marked replacement bolts but who knows.
This......the US did not stamp serial numbers on the M1917 bolts when originally manufactured, unlike the P14's built for the British.There were no serial numbers applied to the bolts of Model 1917 Rifles when originally manufactured. Consequently, any serial numbers on a bolt were applied at a later date and could involve parts from any manufacturer. It is still much more common to see rifle bolts without serial numbers than to see them with it.
I don't know who applied the numbers, it was not a standard practice during the US military rebuild process, although that doesn't rule out the possibility of it being done by a military unit of some kind. Considering that large numbers of these rifles were supplied to friendly nations, I suspect that a foreign country is likely the source of the markings.
You might check the butt stock to see if you can find an arrow with a letter "C" around it. I'm pretty sure the Canadians added serial numbers to the bolts of rifles we supplied to them during WWII.
Pictures would be appreciated.
This......the US did not stamp serial numbers on the M1917 bolts when originally manufactured, unlike the P14's built for the British.
I'm guessing, as stated before, that they were either doing a match quantity of parts after production shut down, or an armorer rebuild later in life.
I have read somewhere that a lot of the Winchester rifles were later disassembled for spare parts after the war due to poor part interchangeability of the Winchesters. Either way, if the headspace is good, shoot the crap out of it.
Could have sworn I added pics. Weird. After looking at the Canadian mark, it’s there. Very small and pretty shallow but it’s there. I think we have a winner lol.There were no serial numbers applied to the bolts of Model 1917 Rifles when originally manufactured. Consequently, any serial numbers on a bolt were applied at a later date and could involve parts from any manufacturer. It is still much more common to see rifle bolts without serial numbers than to see them with it.
I don't know who applied the numbers, it was not a standard practice during the US military rebuild process, although that doesn't rule out the possibility of it being done by a military unit of some kind. Considering that large numbers of these rifles were supplied to friendly nations, I suspect that a foreign country is likely the source of the markings.
You might check the butt stock to see if you can find an arrow with a letter "C" around it. I'm pretty sure the Canadians added serial numbers to the bolts of rifles we supplied to them during WWII.
Pictures would be appreciated.