1917 Enfield Eddystone Serial Numbers

A poster on another forum provided the following information about the unusual front sight on this rifle..' A danish home guard front sight.

Some of these danish M1917s (M53/17), (from canadian lend/lease) may have been selected for accuracy and used in matches with the danish home guard. The front sight post arrangement made for more accurate sighting. You have a beautifull rifle there! It would appear that your rifle may have been sent to denmark directly from canada, unlike other M1917s which ended up in denmark via canada and norway (notched receivers).' I don't mean to steal your thunder but here is mine. Leica ts02 usb driver windows 7 0. Ours rolled off the assembly line near the same time. Don't worry about stealing thunder, its how I garner knowledge about these old firearms.

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The makers mark is definately a W.? On my sling; the marks on your sling looks like it begins with a V. - is it possibly a poorly stamped W.? I found this info on another forum: 'Westboro Trunk & Bag Co., Westboro, Ma.

- Carrying cases. [known to have made M1907 slings]' Do you suppose the letters below the date on the slings are inspectors initials? Don't worry about stealing thunder, its how I garner knowledge about these old firearms. The makers mark is definately a W.? On my sling; the marks on your sling looks like it begins with a V. - is it possibly a poorly stamped W.? I found this info on another forum: 'Westboro Trunk & Bag Co., Westboro, Ma.

- Carrying cases. [known to have made M1907 slings]' Do you suppose the letters below the date on the slings are inspectors initials? On the sling itself I can see the V is really a W. I have no idea about the inspectors initials but do know that was common at the time. Its good to hear someone else talking about the cartouches. Many people don't pay any attention to them. Do you have more vintage rifles?

Would love to see them all. I got my first deer in WV with my dad's Eddystone. Man as a 12 year old, it was a lot of rifle to lug around the hills. My dad told me the story of how he got it. In 1973, right after he got back from overseas, his mom volunteered him to help clean out an elderly woman's attic. He found the rifle packed in preservative paper and cosmoline.

He asked her if it was for sale, and she said 'oh that old thing, you can have it, thank you so much for the help'. (it was only 2 boxes that were too heavy for her to bring down the stairs).

Thanks Guys, that's interesting, I presume the barrel will have a serial number on it, under the woodwork maybe? Thinking back I looked at an M1 carbine a while ago and the only serial number was on the receiver, so I guess the Americans aren't quite as thorough as the Brits.

That's an a good point about manufacturer marks on the receiver, some of these guns I have come across seem to have mismatching parts, although I guess this is no surprise if they had a long service life and as it looks like the parts are interchangeable across the 3 makers. I will check the links out. The serialed bolts were never done by US forces, if your gun has one it was done WW2 era or later, by a country that got lend lease guns. Parts interchangability between the three makers was a huge deal and major delay, but they eventually got it right. For more reading, I would suggest C S Ferris, US Rifle, Model of 1917, which is cheap, available, and very comprehensive. For a grander picture Allied Rifle Contracts by Luke Mercaldo details all Great War era rifle contracts in the US for Europe, and is to my mind one of the best books I have read on the subject. Both books are readily available, and unlike many, extraordinarily reasonable in price.

Thanks 4th Gordons, these rifles don't seem to have been as well documented as SMLE'S and not that many people know about them. I guess in Britain certainly the SMLE played a bigger part, and I suppose the m1917's were also useful in ww2 with the Home Guard (Although that is going off on a tangent) and as this is a WW1 forum. In the UK, the M1917 played NO part in the Great War at all.

They were only used by the UK in WWII. The Stratton book on the P14/M1917. Although a little dated, is a very good start on that group of rifles. Stamp v 0 84 keygen mac download. Jimmy I hope the following satisfies your curiousity.