A young man walked into the shop yesterday, looking for .375 & .405 Kynoch ammo. While checking out he mentioned that he was looking at an older Remington and what did I know about Model 17s (life is ironic, isn't it?), I give him my spiel about how much I liked all the pre-war stuff and how I'd just sent one down the road because of how some guns fit you better, and some don't. He thanked me, asked me how late we were open that day, and walked out. He came in just before closing with this.
He'd paid the premium price for it (almost $500), but the gun appears to me...to be almost unfired. Date codes indicate a February of 1933 build date. His logic was "What does $500 buy anymore?" This is only the 3rd Special grade M17 I've ever seen or heard of. It has the 26-inch modifed tube and weighs exactly 6 lbs. It was surprisingly hard to watch it walk out.
