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  • nmyers
    No, never seen a reweld on this model.

    Try to find a photo of an original 1917; they were nicely blued with clear, crisp markings. This receiver appears to have been refinished by someone who had no idea what he was doing. I'd like to see a close-up of that light band on the left side; it may well have been welded or repaired there.

    Neal
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  • cbyerly
    It does look like the receiver is a reweld, however most 1917s do show different colors due to the heat treating method. It is most obvious when the receivers have been parkerized. I would ask for additional pictures of the inside of the receiver rails.
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  • sandwarrior
    I've seen a couple re-welds on this model. But those were both to shorten the action (bolt reworked as well). That's a lot of work when you could just go down and buy a Rem 700 for maybe $100 more?

    Anyhow the discoloration looks like it would be the best place to chop it and re-weld it.

    Another thing I've seen with these is side mounted scopes. The stock certainly doesn't look like one has been used on this rifle. But, the stock could have been changed. The blueing under the side mount is usually much better. Who knows, maybe they tried taking the blueing down a bit and went too far. This one?...looks like a re-weld. Re-edit: That just doesn't explain why this would have been done.

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    bk0331,

    The only reason I could think of a receiver being chopped and re-welded is semi-automatics coming into this country were made to do that so they wouldn't be battle ready when they got here. The gun industry was as much behind that as anti-gunners because that competes with work in this country building them.
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  • bk0331
    Well, considering the uncertainty, it's not something I am inclined to bid on without more information.

    Thanks.
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  • colt423
    looks more like the parkerize job not done well, the park shows were it has oxidzed at different rates do to a number of variables. I.E. heat, mixture make up and cleaniness of part or phosphate. Have seen this on a lot of old military weapons fromm the ww 2 era.
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  • jls1888
    This is actually present on most 1917's. Just some are more visible than others. It is due to the annealing process used to prevent cracking.

    JLS
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