M1917 Tripod Socket - Pre Order

ONLY 24 AVAILABLE

As most of us know, unmolsted straight WWI era 1917 tripods are rarer than rocking horse poo with only a handfull known to be left in existance (most in museums), they’re considered a Grail piece by many. The last 2 that sold (one of which was incomplete) went for over $8k. Those are the only two we’ve been aware of publicly trading hands in well over a decade.

Because of their rarity, we made the decision and set out about roughly 10 years ago to have high quality reproductions of them made. After obtaining all the original blueprints and drawings from RIA (and their revisions). We spent thousands of hours and tens of thousands of dollars to have the drawings redrawn to new crisp prints and had CAD models made. At the beginning of this year we finally finished the entire drawing set and set forth using “the voodoo we do” in logistics to find appropriate contractors for the various components. Components are now currently starting to be manufactured with an estimated delivery of NLT March 1 2027. We do not expect it to be that long, but are giving ourselves wiggle room for unexpected component delivery delays.

This option is for those that wish to build or repair their own tripod or complete one of the demilled 1917 tripod parts sets offered by SARCO years ago that they may still have laying around. It is a completely stripped socket ready for all your parts.

Once they are complete, buyers will be contacted and final invoiced for shipping (we can't give an estimate as it fluctuates too frequently, it should fit in a large USPS flat rate). These will be the first parts of the tripods to ship out and we expect them to be in our hands ready to ship out before Christmas. Local pickup or free delivery to the spring Tulsa Arms Show is always an option as well.

All project milestone updates will be listed here on this product page and the 1919 forum as they happen.

As this is a Pre-Order, please realize expected delivery is NLT March 1st 2027. If delivery date moves in either direction, you will be updated here ASAP. When theres new News, it will be posted here and the 1919a4 forum ASAP. Otherwise "no news is good news" as they say. You're always free to contact us, but any pertinent updates will be given as stated.

If for any unexpected reason needing a refund arrises on your end, please note that refunds will not be able to be processed until a backup buyer to take your place in line is found as all proceeds are going strait to logistics for finishing this project. So please use decrement prior to ordering.

If you have ever wanted one of these tripods or needed the components/parts, not coming from the seller of them but more as a fellow collector and Browning enthusiast, please jump on it while we have these. We know theres more than 50 people (12 in the case of whole tripods) on the planet that want them... 1000% no sales gimmick, this is the only run of them I ever plan to do and I don’t think they’ll be up for very long. There won’t be any more after this. We have no doubt that these will only appreciate in value after they're gone, even as repros.