US Springfield 1917 30-06 'Eddystone. 1917 Enfield was in mass production. I do not know of any special serial numbers for a 'good' Eddystone. Military Model 1917 Rifle: Eddystone: Covering numbers: 1 - 1355000. Please enter a serial number and click the submit button.

All, Thank you for this fun thread! Here is a picture of my Eddystone M1917 Rifles, along with my Model 1903 Colt New Army Revolver. Why the revolver? Buku ajar smp kelas 8 pdf bahasa inggris ktsp. Some of you may know that I'm into Thompsons. What do Thompsons have to do with turn of the century revolvers and M1917 Rifles, you might ask?

Well, they are all tied together through history by John T. Thompson, namesake of the Thompson Submachine Gun. From 1901-1903, Captain John T. Thompson was the Inspector of Pistols for the United States Army.

My Model 1903 Colt New Army Revolver bears his inspector initials of 'JTT' at the top of the frame, just above and behind the cylinder on the left side. In 1914, Colonel Thompson retired from the military to work for Remington Arms Co., and was given the responsibility to design and build the largest small arms production facility in the world at the time. This project became the Eddystone Plant in Pennsylvania, where P14's were made for the British, along with Mosin-Nagants for the Russians, and subsequently, U.S. M1917 Rifles were produced there. Thompson also previously supervised the development of the M1903 Rifle. When the U.S. Became involved in WWI, Thompson went back to the Army, and was promoted to Brigadier General.

He became the Director of Arsenals, and was in charge of all small arms manufacturing, including U.S. M1917 Rifles.

The top M1917 in the picture is quite a nice example, and has the appropriate M1917 Kerr sling. In the lower left corner, you can see two original flyers (displayed front and back) that accompanied M1917 slings, showing how to install them on the M1917 Rifle. The Kerr Adjustable Sling is the appropriate sling for this rifle, although certainly M1907 slings were also used. You may notice that the second rifle, also an Eddystone, is shorter than the one above it.

This has been a subject of curiosity for me for more than 20 years. It appears to have been arsenal reworked into a shorter rifle. Nothing about this rifle says 'sporter.' There apparently were some M1917 Rifles that were shortened for use by Filipino troops. I have corresponded with Bruce Canfield about my rifle, and he does not believe it is one of the Filipino examples, and we could not come to a conclusion as to why it was shortened.

The person it was purchased from in the 1980's indicated it had been shortened for Navy service, but I have never found documentation to support his claim. Autocad 2010 full version for windows xp. If anyone has further information about my short M1917 Rifle, please post here, or contact me at my e-mail address listed below. The other paper items in the picture are a 1943 Base Shop Data manual for the M1917, a 1918 manual, and a 1918 Soldier's Handbook. I have also had many copies in the past of FM 23-6, which was published in two versions during WWII for the M1917 Rifle. I sold all my copies of these manuals, but I have included 2 pictures of different examples of them. FM 23-6, August 3, 1942 FM 23-6, 28 October 1943 The M1917 is my favorite bolt action military rifle. David Albert •.

I know the answer The U.S. 1917 Enfield was in mass production by Remington, Winchester, and Eddystone. The guns are as physically identical as that time period allows in terms of quality control. The problem with Eddystone centered primarily on the lack of sophistication in heat treating with a lesser concern as to metallurgy. This does not mean the Eddystone is dangerous or of poor quality.

It does mean the gun was not considered on the same level as either the Winchester or the Remington product. When I was young the 1917 Enfield was a prime source of actions for more powerful cartridges (beyond the.30-06 range). Odis 2.0.2 4.5.35 postsetup update!!. The guns chosen for conversion were the Winchester and Remington actions. Hi LarryO1970 I do not know of any special serial numbers for a 'good' Eddystone. Any of them would be good with the original barrel. They did meet War Dept. Acceptance and performed well in WW1.

My best advice would be to get one if you want one. As I posted earlier, the Eddystones were just not chosen for higher power conversions during the 1960's. The lack of sophistication in heat treating was 'common knowledge' in the 60's although I do not have specifics as to the degree of hardening on an Eddystone versus a Remington or Winchester. If you have an Eddystone receiver and wish to spend some money there are good metallurgical firms that could re-heat treat to any specification. Click to expand.You have a US Rifle Model of 1917.