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Site of Sgt. York’s WWI heroics found? - Europe- msnbc.com

I read John Beard's post in another thread about a phone conversation that C.S. Ferris had with Sergeant York's son Andrew concerning whether or not Alvin York used an M1903 or an M1917 in WWI. I'm...

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This looks like a cut knurled knob to me. What do you think?

M1 Garand Springfield Checkered Windage Knob - eBay (item 350344653839 end time Apr-29-10 16:25:01 PDT)

Yep, 1954. That's my father in law in the back row second from left with the big smile after being drafted at age 19. His unit shipped out to Japan shortly after this picture was taken. They were...

Thanks alot John R.

I bought this stock in the mid 90's at a gun show during the time that stocks of all kinds were showing up at gun shows as a result of captain crunch. The stock is in absolute...

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Does anyone know the significance of the letter stamped on the flat of early SA gas cylinders? Thanks.

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I thought some of you might find this interesting.

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Are these pictures enough to identify the maker of this stock? Is it a Winchester?

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Bill - If I understand correctly, if the test firing was done at SA and the final packaging is SA (the packaging is the same for fired and unfired and have the same type inventory cards in the packs...

Eldowerks - If there are no visable markings on the bolt sleeve then it is a Winchester which is marked on the shaft. Don't go to any extra trouble of taking the bolt apart. I was just curious....

Eldowerks - The part that I'm referring to is the bolt sleeve which is the exposed blued part at the very end of the bolt and is visable in the rear view picture of your rifle above.

Here is an...

Bill - Here is the item. Note the typo in the part number.

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The Wikipedia page for the M1903 rifle contains the following statement.

"In 1977, the Army located a rather large cache of un-issued M1903A3 rifles which were then issued to JROTC units as a...

I need an M14 expert/collector to educate me on original SA (Massachusetts) 20 round magazines. Scarcity? Worth? Desirability? I have an original unopened twin pack of magazines dated 7/65 and am...

Eldowerks,
Could you please post some good closeups of your bolt sleeve showing the markings if any in the top groove and the "E" on the side?
Thanks.

I agree. We just guard these pieces of American history for a short while and then pass them on to the next generation.

Very nice rifle! A real beauty. Thanks for the great pictures.

Very nice rifles! I wonder if those of you with original Eddystone rifles could post some close up pictures of your bolt sleeves. I'm interested to see what the "E" marking looks like (regular E or...

Here's a Remington M1917 spring marked "R".

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Here's the spring that's in my Eddystone marked with an "E". Hope this helps.

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Riverbank is one of the biggest humpers out there today. He sells counterfeit parts such as flip sights, push safeties and barrel bands at authentic prices. He'll even describe these parts as being...

This guy and others like him are directly infecting and ruining our hobby and they are getting away with it. They need to be exposed for what they are and what they are doing. This guy and others are...