1917 Eddystone Stock??

[PirateRadio]

Does anyone know where I can get stocks for a 1917 Eddystone?

My g/f's Dad has one but something happened to to the stock at one point and now he just has the guts of the gun laying in the house somwhere. I think it was one of his first guns and I thought it'd be cool if I could grab him a stock for it for his B-day. That gun is far too cool to be laying around in pieces and not be shot.

 

[Hoppy590]

i got one off ebay. cost me like 100$ though :banghead:

 

[Smokey Joe]

P17 Enfield stock...

Boyd's Gunstock Industries makes a brand-new walnut stock & handguard set for the US 1917 Enfield; it'll run you $155 or so plus postage; no metal parts, and you have to do the finishing work yourself (varnish or oil, that is--the stock is fully inletted!)

www.boydsgunstocks.com

Or call 'em on your nickel--they are VERY good at talking newbies through the selection and finishing processes. 605-996-5011 They will send you a catalogue for the asking.

I've used Boyd's products in the past and been quite satisfied with the quality of the product, and with the customer help.

 

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http://www.e-gunparts.com/productschem.asp?chrMasterModel=2070zENFIELD%201917

 

[PirateRadio]

So the Enfield 1917 is the same as the 1917 Eddystone?

 

[Smokey Joe]

Eddystone = Enfield

Pirate Radio--As I understand it (and I am NOT a firearms-history guru, or anything like,) the Eddystone Arsenal was one of several places where the Pattern 1917 Enfield Rifle was produced.

So, an Eddystone is a 1917 Enfield, but not all '17 Enfields are Eddystones.

I am open to correction from those who ARE firearms-history gurus.

Great honkin' strong action, and it got really shafted in "competitive" trials with the 1903 Springfield, otherwise we'd have used the '17 all through WWI and until the Garand came on line in WWII.

They are built like the absolute original brick pizzeria.

 

[Hoppy590]

3 comnpanys made M1917's and P14s ( P14 is the british 303 version)

Winchester
Remington
Eddystone (division of Remington)

Eddystone made the most. so they are most common. most rifles were re-arsenaled with a mix and match of parts from all 3 makers.

at the onset of the great war, england realized it wouldn't be able to make enough of the SMLE No1 Mk3 as it was a rather complicated time consuming rifle. so they developed a rifle based on the Mauser action. this became the Pattern 1914 or P14. since england had already dedicated its factorys to other wartime production, they contracted the work to Remington and Winchester. Remington opened the Eddystone plant just to make P14.

come american involvement we realized the same thing. we didn't have enough 1903's and couldn't produce enough. so we adapted the 5 shot P14 into the 6 shot M1917 ( extra capacity gained because 303 is a rimmed round and 30-06 in non rimmed)

erroneously referred to as the P17, the united states never used the P for Pattern designation, and the Brits never adopted M1917's though they certainly pressed them into service in both wars ( lend lease in ww2)

otherwise we'd have used the '17 all through WWI

3/4 of the rifles fielded in ww1 by the American Expeditionary Force were M1917's

i like to say the 1903 and 1911 got all the fame, the 1917 and 1917 revolver did all the work

 

[PirateRadio]

Thanks for the history, guys!