A couple of questions about my M1917 Eddystone

[fguffey]

Before the Internet the 3 M1917s were rated by smiths, first was the Remington, then the Winchester, after that when it came to quality it was anyone's guess, there was no grade for the Eddystone meaning the quality was not consistent, cracked, I have two, a long ago participant of the old forum has one for show and tell. Another former participant of this forum needed a 1894 Crag barrel, I sent him one, in return he sent me an Eddystone barrel, complete with the story, he described the event about the barrel removal, he described the event and likened it to the first removal and install of the first tubeless truck tire, there was not enough room on top of and around the barrel vise and action wrench for all the help. All they wanted was the receiver.

I attempted to install the barrel on any 1 of 5 receivers, no luck, the barrel, if installed would have created stress on the receiver in the form of a wedge, I corrected the problem.

F. Guffey

[fguffey]

Remington M1917, claimed and declared the ugliest rifle ever, I could not see how someone could build a rifle that ugly without knowing what they were doing, sure enough, before I recovered the parts I took it to the range, I decided there was nothing I could do to improve on the accuracy so I applied the ‘leaver policy’ left-ter the way the way I received-er.

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F. Guffey

[chuckindenver]

sometimes moving on is easier on the wallet

[fguffey]

sometimes moving on is easier on the wallet

The rifle is a Remington, the first choice by smiths before the Internet, I pay less for Eddystones, again, the Eddystone was a gamble, needing receivers I purchases 5 DP rifles, I wanted to pay less for the Eddystones, no deal, the price was $50.00 each, Winchester, Remington or Eddystone, bolts were sealing for $40.00.

F. Guffey