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WTS 1917 Enfield Eddystone


Trigger Mike

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1917 Enfield by Eddystone. 1918 manufactured, 11-18 barrell. The only part I can not confirm is Eddystone is the stock and upper sling swivel. Was a VFW rifle before going to the CMP where I got it. shoots a tight group. Does have pitting near chamber from not being cleaned when the VFW shot blanks out of it. excellent stock. $600 shipped.

 

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Pard; If you look close at the very front end of the stock under the muzzle of the barrel, the flat surface of wood surrounded by the front barrel band should contain a letter stamp to indicate the stock manufacturer. E = Eddystone R = Remington W = Winchester, etc.

Wakatomika.

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Pard; If you look close at the very front end of the stock under the muzzle of the barrel, the flat surface of wood surrounded by the front barrel band should contain a letter stamp to indicate the stock manufacturer. E = Eddystone R = Remington W = Winchester, etc.

Wakatomika.

yep, I looked there but I guess all the oil etc going down on that part of the wood has erased it.

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How bad is the pitting in the chamber? Can you post a pic?

working on getting a better picture. it has a decent amount of pitting down near the chamber area. Some have some depth to them. To smooth them out after I cleaned it I ran a patch with brasso on it, then several dry patches then hoppes, then dry then brasso again and then hoppes and dry. I think the brasso, being metallic filled in some of the pitting as they do not look as bad now. I just got another eddystone with a mirror bore so decided to let this one go. It was a VFW gun and I don't think they cleaned after they fired blanks from it.

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  • 7 months later...

I think the brasso, being metallic filled in some of the pitting as they do not look as bad now.

 

Ho, ho, ho, that's a good one. No, Brasso is an ammonia based cleaner. It contains NO metal, will not deposit metal (in fact, it dissolves some metals if left on long enough), and it probably did nothing to make the barrel any better. Unless there was some jacket fouling that was in the barrel.

 

Sorry, but that is just the chemistry of the situation.

 

Good luck, GJ

 

 

 

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