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From a distance it looks like a 1917 eddystone that is sporterized

Yes that is a 1917 Enfield. A military rifle from WW l.
Could be any of a number of names under the front scope mount where there may be some more info.
The other marks are Arsenal and Ordinance marks. Now that it has been altered it is what it is. You can't turn a pickle back into a cucumber, but still, it's a neat rifle.
Eddystone, Remington, Winchester Model of 1917. Many of these military rifles were converted by civilians to shoot/hunt with. You have what appears to be an old weaver 4x fixed power scope maybe. I had a Remington many years back.
Look at these, HERE for similar rifles. By the way, that is a nice "sporter"! and welcome to THR

PS: You might want to use the "edit" option under your second post and delete some duplicate images.

No need to take it apart. It probably says US model 1917 Winchester under there. It's not a rare bird.
I've seen much worse and some better.
Your rifle is altered like many of them were. Unaltered ones get a lot more money but you have a dandy deer killer there.
Make sure it is functional and be safe.
Here's what it looked like 100 years ago. Click on the little picture.

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Good for you! Enjoy!

Rick4ugarfield said:

thank you for the info sir.I only paid 200 for it. Think I will keep it...lol

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I certainly would not have turned it down for 2 bills. You did good.

Some of those old military rifles will surprise you with how accurate they can be.

Yup, US Model of 1917, may have been made by Winchester, Remington, or Eddystone.
No point yanking off the front scope base to see which, all the modifications have eliminated any collector interest, what you have left is a good stout hunting rifle.
Based on British Enfield Pattern 14 .303 which we made for them until SMLE production caught up.
That based on British Enfield Pattern 13 .280 which they were figuring on modernizing with, but were overtaken by WWI.

A bit of trivia history. Eddystone was 2 corporations set up in 1915 and both owned in part and built in their property by the largest manufacturer of locomotives, Baldwin Locomotive Works to manufacture guns and munitions in WW1. Due to the charter(the founder of BLW was a devout Quaker) BLW was prohibited from producing these items. There was Eddystone Rifle Plant a joint venture with Remington to produce rifles(Mosin Nagants & 1917 Eddystone) and Eddystone Ammunition Corp to produce munitions.. Many strange things happen during wars.

Rick4ugarfield said:

thank you sir, just wanted to make sure it was a 30.06 before I bought ammo

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No guarantee on that. There's a good *chance* that it's a M1917 in 30-06 that was sporterized and is still in the original chambering. However, the British used the same rifle in 303 British called the P14. Many of them were converted to magnum calibers.

Doubt a P14 .303 would have an Ordnance Bomb stamp.
Pictures of the bolt face would clear it up for sure.

That is a an Eddystone rifle, sporterized. The other possibility would be a commercial model 30 Remington; the same basic rifle, but made for commercial sale. The ordnance bomb identifies it as an M1917 (U. S. military) rifle. They were produced in .30-06 and typically, that was not changed when reworking them into a hunting gun. Some possibility it has been rechambered as the M1917 action was and still is one of the strongest ever built.

Try an empty .30-06 case in the chamber. Make sure the case is hooked by the extractor; close the chamber to see if the bolt closes 'easily'. There should not be any 'looseness' in the case in the chamber.

The bolt face is the front of the bolt, where the base of the case sets. The M1917 was made so the bolt face fit the case exactly. The .303 Brit version had a more or less 'flat' face without much edge to accommodate the rimmed .303 Brit cartridge.

I have an Eddystone sporter my Father-in law gave me. It's a great shooter. It was sporterized back in the day when you had to fetch your meat in the hills of Kentucky and Tennessee and the store was too far away.

Looks good Rick, make sure your barrel is clear now that you have that bolt out and get us a range report with that 30-06.

Again, welcome to THR. You'll like it here. Lots of knowledgeable members and a no nonsense place.

Bolt has no extractor. Second picture shows the extractor collar and no extractor.

The ordinance bomb indicates that it was a Model 1917 rather than the Remington Model 30. A few of them have been rechambered in .308 Norma or even .308. The magazine/trigger guard has been straightened to fit flush which also reduces capacity to 5 rounds. A hint on disassembly of the bolt, get or make a u shaped metal shim for removing the bolt sleeve assembly from the firing pin. Ebay has a guy making them for less than $10 or you can make one from sheet metal. It saves your fingers. Dayton Traister used to make a cock on opening kit if that is what you prefer. Second, be really careful of the ejector--it is a fragile spring that can break--best to have a spare--Numrich aka gpc sells them. There is a better retrofit available. Last, but not least, if checking the headspace using gages, use fingertip pressure only with a stripped bolt. The leverage on a 1917 can crushfit a headspace gage to the chamber rendering it useless.