1917 Eddystone Model of M1917

[Trepang]

Had no intention of buying another gun but then.....

I stumbled across this on a CMP Forum.
I made the fella an offer and I now it's headed my way from PA.

It's been re-arsenaled / parkerized and the stock has been sanded but it retains a faint re-arsenal cartouche and it's original October 1917 barrel and most of the parts are "E" marked.

Not necessarily a collectors piece in the strictest sense of the term but it will fit nicely in my WWII collection.

According to my research, some did find their way into WWII, mainly with rear echelon units but there are some WWII pics of them being carried by mortar crews and even a few SeaBees.

 

[shershot99]

Well done. Got my 1st one 2 years ago and want more. May I ask how many beans for it?


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[Clovis]

Had no intention of buying another gun but then.....

I stumbled across this on a CMP Forum.
I made the fella an offer and I now it's headed my way from PA.

It's been re-arsenaled / parkerized and the stock has been sanded but it retains a faint re-arsenal cartouche and it's original October 1917 barrel and most of the parts are "E" marked.

Not necessarily a collectors piece in the strictest sense of the term but it will fit nicely in my WWII collection.

According to my research, some did find their way into WWII, mainly with rear echelon units but there are some WWII pics of them being carried by mortar crews and even a few SeaBees.

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Looks fine. As far as use in the second world war don't overlook them being used as lend-lease and sent to England and I think China and perhaps else where. In Britain the fore ends had a red band painted on to differ from the Pattern 14s so ammo would not be confused in the heat of battle. Used mostly by reserves I think.

 

[Threeband]

My Uncle was a rear echelon clerk typist in Europe in 44-45. He was issued a 17 Enfield. Just an example of a 1917 Rifle serving in the ETO.

 

[bhumbertson]

She's a beaut! I need one of those for my collection.

 

[Trepang]

Thank guys ... now this leaves an 03 hole in my collection.
Now I have a gap between this and my 03A3.
SMH...lol

 

[Trepang]

I fail to understand how it can take the USPS over 5 days to ship a Priority Mail box from West Chester, PA to Dunkirk, MD. It's 129 miles!

I should have just took a day off and went and got it!!

 

[GiveMeABreak]

Nice rifle. I have all 3, Winchester, Remington, Eddystone, all matching

 

[Trepang]

Nice rifle. I have all 3, Winchester, Remington, Eddystone, all matching

Nice! This one has been through a re-arsenal but it did retain its 1917 barrel.

Still waiting on it to show up at the FFL! Good old USPS strikes again!

 

[GiveMeABreak]

Good luck….part of the “pain and joy” of collecting!

 

[Trepang]

Finally got it home. USPS delivered it to the Dunkirk Post Office instead of where it was addressed to which was Hero Quartermasters which is about three doors down from the Post Office.

The owner walked down to the Post Office to check, I guess this has happened before, and sure enough the Post Office had it...they said they would have delivered it when they got to it....SMH

Pretty happy with it. Nice shape but the stock has been sanded enough you can't read the cartouches. You can see that they are there but can't quite make out the letters.

I had to dig out one of the Garands because I couldn't remember how a M1907 sling goes together.

As a bonus, I scored a box of USGI issue .30-06 for it.

 

[emerald]

Looks nice. I have a couple of pieces that were re-arsenaled. Not a bad thing to have a nice piece you can actually go shoot. Enjoy!

 

[wreckdiver]

Very nice.

 

[Dave91]

Congrats on that rifle. I'm sure you will love it, especially if you plan to shoot it. I have owned and shot a wide variety of ww1/ww2 US rifles, and the best shooter hands down is my 1917. I have an Eddystone with its original October 1917 barrel just like yours.