I have photos of my Dad during Army training during 1942-43, and they were using P-17 Enfields. Mi Garands were issued sometime prior to his division going to France in 1944. Of course my Dad who fired expert with every type weapon ever placed in his hands including the P-17. He fired for the 4th Army rifle team in the late 1950's and they were using M1 Garands at that time.

I've got a photo of my dad holding a M1917 in boot camp from WWII. Always enjoy your videos, thanks.

Good job guy's, appreciated.

Great trigger work!

I have a sporterized M1917….keep up the great content!

You two are just putting out some awesome videos together with some fine shooting and two great rifles with a lot of info. I hope you plan to do more videos together. Thank you Slim.

Well hooey got to watch later.. You guys are doing great with these. All of them.. not just this series.

Well done gentleman.

An absolute pleasure to watch! Good old honest discussion with loads of great info and history.

I love my Winchester 1917! It's a great shooter, especially with handloads. Great videos guys, thanks for the efforts

Thanks for sharing guys

The 1903 is one of my favorites. I finally bought one, made in 1943 by Remington, in cherry condition (after looking for many years for the right one). I'd like to own a 1917 but they are scarce, especially in excellent condition. I do own a Remington model 30S Express in 30-06. It was built on the Enfield action in the 1930's. A great example of pre-war workmanship in a commercial rifle. I really like your videos with Mike on all of the vintage military rifles. Thank you!

Right down my alley...I have all of those rifles, primarily collect old US milsurp guns. Love these interviews.

A great video by the booth of you! I own a 1917 Eddystone, a 1903 MK-1, and a pair of M-1 Garand rifles. I love them all and enjoy shooting them also.

Yep. Thanks Mike

I own a Remington Model 30 in .30-‘06, which has the same action as the M1917. It’s a great deer rifle and shoots very well. I love the connection with the main rifle that Americans used in WWI.

Yeppie Finally watched it all .Outstanding

Great rifles. I’d really like to shoot either rifle, but especially the 1903. Thanks for another great video.

Jeremiah, this comment has nothing to do with the video, but I have to say thanks to Mr.Wieland's article on primers. I was going to request a video on the subject, but he answered all my questions. Thanks for Handloader .

It's interesting that the two comments before me refer to sporterized versions of the 1917 as I was about to make a similar comment. My grandfather sporterized both a 1903 and a 1917. These are still my hunting rifles and someday I hope my son in law and grandsons will hunt with these. My grandfather was an old word German artisan and was gifted enough to be successful as a jewler, tool & die maker, taxidermist, and fine outdoors man. At arm's length you would think these rifles were the product of Griffen & Howe. They are not modern and have old scopes, but they will take game reliably. The only changes I have made were to the 1917, I had it rechambered to 308 Norma Magnum.

I have a Model 1917 sporterized by my uncle. I had a HUGE chunk of wood some call a stock, with a beavertail front on it that theoretically makes a better bench rest shooter out of it. But it's still only as good as its sights, and he ground off the filled in the rear sight hole for some reason. He put a peep sight on it, along with drilling and tapping holes for a scope mount, but they are too far apart for today's scopes. I am trying to find a way to put a rail on it, but have come up empty so far. Can't wait to watch the video.

Great video. I got both and stock condition and love them. More I reload for these the more convinced I am that 150 grain heads are the only ones to use.

There were more 1917s in WW I than the. 03s by a significant number.

What was the load for those 3006 rounds??

Nice video. I also have a sporterized version of the M1917. I reload so I am still trying to find a load that it likes but the process is difficult because the current sights are awful. Any recommendations for a good peep sight or similar that would work well. I do not want to add optics to it. Thank you.

We’re you shooting Mike’s ammo or surplus ammo out of the 1917? My P14 shoots better than my 1917. The bore of the 17 is not that good, but I’m shooting surplus. Maybe I should try better ammo. You might have shot more consistently with the 17 if you had a large red dot on the black steel plate to help focus on.

Hand loader should do a video or article on 10mm +p loads

M1917 was a British design, but American made and Improved!

I'm going to politely disagree about the quality of the Remington 1903s. The very earliest ones (late 1941-early '42) were as well made as their Rock Island predecessors, but the demands of joining the war allowed Remington to reduce the finish and use less-than-the-best wood on the majority of their 1903's to speed production. The Springfield and Rock Island manufactured rifles were all of very high quality, although pristine examples are very rare to see nowadays, since most were overhauled at least once during their service lives. The "scant-stock" his 1903 is wearing was made using the same stock blank a normal straight wristed stock was made from, but such blanks didn't have enough wood to form a full pistol grip. They were not made from stocks blanks for different rifles. The scant stocks are not original on any 1903 or 1903A3 rifles, they were supplied as field replacement stocks for damaged rifles during the war. They could also be obtained after the war as surplus. They are believed to be original on some 03A4 sniper rifles, however. I have read older experienced gun authors claim the typical M1917 was every bit as accurate as a typical 1903, typically better. The 1903's reputation for accuracy was made using the hand-built, fitted, and accurized "National Match" rifles from between the wars. A rack-grade 1903 has the typical 2-4 MOA accuracy of most bolt action guns of its era. I'm surprised the 1903 shooting example was putting bullets into the center of the target at 100 yards using the battle sight. Using military ammo the 1903 battle sights should be zeroed around 525 yards, and will shoot completely over a man sized target at 100 yards if that is used as the point of aim. I believe the US Marines (who used the M1903 until the end of the Guadalcanal campaign) put taller front sights on their 1903s to bring the battle sight zero closer to 100 yards.

The m17 with handloads will shoot 1moa

The old man is clearly biased. Other than weight, the M1917 is by and large considered to be a superior rifle to the M1903 in WW1.