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That was great!
I'm guessing this might be the old Remington Plant in Ilion, NY?
The Pattern 17 is one of the great old bolt action rifles, and extremely strong too. Fred Wells of the Wells Custom Gun Shop exclusively used Pattern 17 actions for his .500 Wells custom rifles until the actions and rifles dried up. Then he built his own actions to handle the big .500 Wells.
My first real hunting rifle is a custom built on a highly modified Pattern 17 Remington action. It's was heavily reworked so only the safety remains to be able to know which action it started from. I still have it simply because it was my first and took so much game with it.