To add a little more history to your rifle:
The British were working on a Mauser-type rifle as a possible replacement for their Lee-Enfield rifle. Their design was called the P-13 and was to be chambered for an odd .256? round. they had problems with the round overheating the rifle.
When WWI started, they reworked the rifle to the standard British service .303 round, calling it the P-14. Lacking the manufacturing capacity to make the P-14, they contracted with the American firms of Winchester and Remington/Eddystone. These American made rifles were, for a number of reasons, not regularly issued to British troops, who continued to use the Lee-Enfield, but were used as their sniper rifle.
When America entered the war, Springfield and Rock Island arsenals were unable to make enough 1903 rifles, so the British P-14 was reworked again, this time to the American 30/06 service round, and issued as the U.S. 1917 Enfield rifle. A great many American troops were armed with the 1917, which most people thought, was a better battle rifle than the 1903.
After the war, many of these were sold through the Director Of Civilain Marksmanship/NRA program. During WWII, the 1917 was issued in great numbers to home guard, training units, and factory guards. Numbers were also given to the British through the Lend/Lease program. After this war the last were sold through DCM/NRA and regular surplus.
The 1917 was for some years, a favorite action for Magnum rifle conversions. During the 1920's/30's Remington made a number of commercial rifles based on the 1917 action, since they had vast stockpiles of parts, and the manufacturing tooling.
If in good condition it should be a great shooter, and if still unaltered or "sporterized" these are becoming collectable, and prices are going up.
