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Eddystones were built by Remington not Winchester. Description: THIS IS A MILITARY RIFLE THAT HAS BEEN SPORTERIZED & WOULD MAKE A GOOD & VERY REASONABLY PRICED DEER RIFLE. Thus, three variations of the P14 and M exist, labeled "Winchester," "Remington" or "Eddystone". I'll try to get them on this thread.Eddystone 1917 sporterized Eddystone 1917 sporterized On by Kasarīid on US Model Eddystone High-Grade Sporterized sold at auction by North American Auction Company on 8th June For bidding in this. I've uploaded several photos to my gallery. It looks like a British or Australian "India pattern" scabbard, but it fits perfectly. The scabbard is well aged dark leather with metal tip and hilt, but it has a metal "button" to snap on a belt, instead of the normal wire connector. The other side is marked US and has the eagle head and bursting bomb with an 11 inspector mark. The bayonet is a Remington M1917 but is marked 1918 over the Remington circled logo on one side. The sling is marked Hoyt 1917, so it's most likely a recent repro. The eagle head and bursting bomb are in multiple places as they should be. The moveable peep sight on the rear ladder is marked W. Most of the metal parts have an E stamp, including the safety, the stacking and sling swivels, and visible sight and bolt parts. No cartouche on the left side of the stock below the receiver. The barrel is a JA, so it went through a rearsenaling for WWII. I've examined my new acquisition without field stripping it and the stock is a Remington with an eagle head and the number 339 stamped forward of the trigger housing. Very cool looking with the angled finger grooves. I found some photos of the ultra rare Pattern 13 rifle to share. Sadly it's out of print but copies seem to be easy to find. Ian Skennerton, of Lee Enfield fame, has a nice reference work on these rifles: US Enfield. So well that years later Remington was producing the Model 30, a sporter version of the Model 1917 which was a success handling the new high powered cartridges coming along in the inter-war years. 30-06, did make it to the front lines and performed quite well. It got produced but never made the front lines for reasons I've yet to fully understand. Thus the Pattern 14 was born, chambered in. It didn't make sense to complicate the supply system with another cartridge. 276 cartridge stopped with the advent of WWI. The round was pretty hot and there were problems with rapid erosion of the bore. 276 (7mm), the predecessor to the Pattern 14, never made it to production (nor did the British EM-2 Bullpup in. Happily that's started to change in the last decade or so. Good find! The Model 1917 always seemed to be in the shadow of the 1903 Springfield in the collecting world. Anyone else prefer the M1917 over the M1903 ? And it is just as accurate as the 03 Springfield's and Mausers. I love the sights granted there is no windage, I love the location of the safety, I love the ergonomics also over the vaunted 03 Springfield's. M1917 Eddystone war club in both form and function.
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I have an 1895 Chilean Mauser, and a 1903 and 03A3 Springfield, and I have to say something I thought I never would say that I personally prefer the Look how massive it is next to my svelte little Mauser. The 1917 is one big clumsy ox of a rifle, though! They should have made a stress relieving cut all the way around the barrel immediately in front of the receiver.ĭo test yours: it's easy. The problem is associated with Eddystones rebarreled for WWII with Johnson barrels.
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I never heard of a cracked receiver on an Eddystone with an original barrel. I tested my Eddystone with rubbing alcohol.