I have an old 1917 Enfield built by Winchester. The old rifle was "sporterized" years ago and has been drilled and tapped for a scope. The original military stock is long gone, but has a pretty nice walnut Monte Carlo stock. The original barrel in still with it, but all of the original military gear is gone.
I have had this old rifle for 3 years, never bothered to take the scope mounts off of it. I decided the have the rifle cleaned up and reblued so I started taking it apart. Off came the scope mounts and low and behold it's a Winchester! I thought that it was an Eddystone up until now! I know that the Winchesters are more collectible than the Remingtons and Eddystones, but since this one has been stripped, drilled and tapped, I don't know if it has any collector's value. I would really like to know before I do anything to it.
Do any of you guy have any idea of the value? Should I go ahead and rebarrel it, reblue it, and enjoy it?
I have had this old rifle for 3 years, never bothered to take the scope mounts off of it. I decided the have the rifle cleaned up and reblued so I started taking it apart. Off came the scope mounts and low and behold it's a Winchester! I thought that it was an Eddystone up until now! I know that the Winchesters are more collectible than the Remingtons and Eddystones, but since this one has been stripped, drilled and tapped, I don't know if it has any collector's value. I would really like to know before I do anything to it.
Do any of you guy have any idea of the value? Should I go ahead and rebarrel it, reblue it, and enjoy it?
