New to me Warhorse

[herrwalther]

Won this rifle at an online auction on a lark. Sporterized Eddystone M1917 with a scope. Serial number puts it made in April of 1918. It has seen a fair bit of abuse. Looks like the barrel was poorly refinished or cold blued at one point. Plan on either Parkerizing or rebluing the barrel properly before putting the scope back on.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Cool sounds like a nice project. I call my Mosin Nagant the old war horse.
If you want to save some money on parkerizing. Try some high temp BBQ grill paint. Use a brand name like rust olium. I did my buddies AR with it. It's holding up well.

 

[herrwalther]

If you want to save some money on parkerizing

Parkerizing is easy. Have done it several times on smaller pieces like 1911 slides and whatnot. If I Parkerize this rifle, the only tough part will be finding a container big enough to fit the receiver and barrel. This is easily the longest rifle I have owned. Rattle can finish is an option as well if I can't Parkerize it due to size.

 

[DDDWho]

I “needed” a mil-surp and came up with this enfield from 1916. “Sporterized” but the only thing missing is is forearm wood.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Im not sure how sporterized my 1891 Argentine Mauser is. I got it with it ready for a scope. And dies and 3 boxes of ammo for 200.00 OTD. Im not sure if the barrel was shortened or not. It's not a long as my Mosin is.