Hi,
I'm seriously considering replacing the W bbl. on my Win. 1917 with a Criterion bbl. My rifle is a Lend Lease (Canada, Denmark) with a not so hot bore. I have almost all W parts (hobby) but the bolt doesn't numbers match and I'm not sure the bbl. is original. The index lines line up but in small nos. there is a 106xxx on the bbl. though the recvr. is 99xxx. No tool marks on the bbl.. When I got it, the recvr. was poorly parked, though the bbl. has no trace of parking. It looks nice, thanks to my taking the liberty of painting the rec'vr. to match the bbl. Even the butt sling swivel screw is hollow. But - I can't get over the bore issue. My 03's all have nice bores, though it bothers me that one looks really nice with a new bbl. - but low serial no. It's marked OGEK. Any one care to comment (except on my mental issue with the bore)?
Thanks,
Dave

PS my local gunsmith has done these before and has the tools.