EDDYSTONE 1917

I recently picked up an Eddystone 1917 production date, 2/18.

All numbers match. Wood is in very good condition and bluing is around 85%. The barrel is original.

It was reconditioned at the Agusta Armory, and it's really 8n excellent shape.

I paid $650.00 for it. Is this a good price?

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Originally Posted by MountieFan16

I paid $650.00 for it.

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Without seeing pics, I'd say you paid about half of it's actual value. Now...let's have a look?

Thanks Jim! I feel better now after paying as much as I did for my Eddystone.

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Originally Posted by browningautorifle

Without seeing pics, I'd say you paid about half of it's actual value. Now...let's have a look?

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Evidently you got Hell of a deal. When I bought my Rifle, True Value showed under guns sold, with beaters in the $400 range with the high over $1000. Gun Broker showed a low of $800 and a high over $2000.

The way I look at it, you opinion is like bellybutton, everyone has one.

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Originally Posted by MountieFan16

The way I look at it, you opinion is like bellybutton, everyone has one.

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I've read this thread about five times and don't get your point. You unhappy or what?

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Originally Posted by browningautorifle

I've read this thread about five times and don't get your point. You unhappy or what?

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Not at all. When I posted that I paid $650 for my 1917 Eddystone a member said I paid Way too much. So, I posted what guns for sale were going for. I

Great buy!

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Originally Posted by MountieFan16

When I posted that I paid $650 for my 1917 Eddystone a member said I paid Way too much.

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I said you paid about half what it should have sold for...meaning you got a great deal.

Yes very fair price,$800 + norm for nice 1917

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Originally Posted by browningautorifle

I've read this thread about five times and don't get your point. You unhappy or what?

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Absolutely not. My rifle is in great shape and the $650.00 I paid for it was a decent price.

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Originally Posted by browningautorifle

I said you paid about half what it should have sold for...meaning you got a great deal.

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Thank you.

I paid $300 for a sport job with untouched metal. The only reason I got it is I scored on some furniture and metal bits at an estate sale years earlier and had been on the lookout for just that sort of rifle for some time. I ran across these guns and parts acquired years ago at an estate sale for 4 hunnerd bucks or so. The bits and pieces will return the Eddystone back as well as an Enfield sport job with only the stock cut. Both rifles were bought for dirt.

This is what I had,

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSCN0289-1.jpg

This what I finally found. PAX

http://www.milsurps.com/images/impor...9foe78p5-1.jpg

I also managed to build a couple SARCO based barreled actions SKSs with parts I had and the stocks I got. Made decent bank when Biden came on board. PAX