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I have a similar 1917 Winchester project rifle in .300 H&H, I bought cheap $99 + tax and most of the hard work was done. The belly had been taken out of the trigger guard, a speed lock kit had been added to convert it to cock on open, bolt face opened or swapped for a P14 bolt, original barrel rechambered, and it had been reworked to feed flawlessly. I had to find a scope base that would fit the holes that were already D&T in the action, all I found was a one piece Redfield style base with windage adjustment but it fit with a little mill work. I also added a Timney trigger and laminate wood stock.

Here's a pic after I got a scope mounted on it, wish that old B&L 3000 2-7X had held zero I liked the longer tube on it.



Here it is as it pretty much sits today. Things I don't like about it are: It's very heavy, and not enough tube on the Leupold to give proper eye relief without having to creep on the stock. The laminate stock is just too big overall to fit my hands, I kind of actually gave up working on it as it's hell on the hands and my rasps. I'd love to replace the recoil pad, but that will not happen until I get the stock closer to finished or find one I like better.









Things I do like about the rifle is it's been extremely accurate, and it doesn't seem finicky as to type of bullets. I've pretty much settled on 180 and 200 grain Nosler PT for it though and even killed a mature 4 point mule deer with it. However, I'll probably never hunt it again because of the things I don't like about it.

I have a similar 1917 Winchester project rifle in .300 H&H, I bought cheap $99 + tax and most of the hard work was done. The belly had been taken out of the trigger guard, a speed lock kit had been added to convert it to cock on open, bolt face opened or swapped for a P14 bolt, original barrel rechambered, and it had been reworked to feed flawlessly. I had to find a scope base that would fit the holes that were already D&T in the action, all I found was a one piece Redfield style base with windage adjustment but it fit with a little mill work. I also added a Timney trigger and laminate wood stock.

Here's a pic after I got a scope mounted on it, wish that old B&L 3000 2-7X had held zero I liked the longer tube on it.



Here it is as it pretty much sits today. Things I don't like about it are: It's very heavy, and not enough tube on the Leupold to give proper eye relief without having to creep on the stock. The laminate stock is just too big overall to fit my hands, I kind of actually gave up working on it as it's hell on the hands and my rasps. I'd love to replace the recoil pad, but that will not happen until I get the stock closer to finished or find one I like better.









Things I do like about the rifle is it's been extremely accurate, and it doesn't seem finicky as to type of bullets. I've pretty much settled on 180 and 200 grain Nosler PT for it though and even killed a mature 4 point mule deer with it. However, I'll probably never hunt it again because of the things I don't like about it.