Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Advice on Model of 1917 Action Build

I have a Winchester 1917 in .300 H&H that I bought in a used rack for $100. Bolt had been opened up, feed rails worked over, military barrel rechambered, speed lock kit had been installed, and the magazine and trigger guard had the belly taken out. It cost me around another $300 to get a one piece scope base installed with a 2-7 power BL 3000 scope.



However, it beat the crap out of me in that configuration. So I picked up a cheap Richards Microfit stock for it, had some serious issues with the stock though. So I took it to Kevin Weaver to sort out and bed, and had him install a Timney trigger. I then swapped out the scope for a 2.5-8X36 VXIII, this brought my total investment to nearly $800.



It still isn't the prettiest or lightest rifle out there, but if the trigger God's are smiling on me to shoots pretty well.