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The buttstock clip on a cotton web sling does rattle but I've also found that the leather on a newer 1907 sling can squeak while hunting. If you want a really silent sling for hunting, remove the...

Always nice to see the Garand on video, but couldn't they have left out the hackneyed "fatal ping" and "Garand thumb" myths?

A typical Over The Course High Power match Course of Fire:
The first stage is the Standing or Offhand match, fired at 200 yards. Standing is fired “Slow Fire” which means loading and firing one...

I'm betting with chuckindenver that the bolt has been modified for cock-on-opening. The top side of the sear nose may not be clearing the bottom of the cock-on-opening cocking piece lug after the...

chuckindenver,

I recently purchased a Speed Lock kit from Numrich and installed it in a spare bolt I have for my Eddystone just to see how well the cock-on-opening function works. The Speed Lock...

Nice, Trickster... thanks for the update!

I dunno, cquickel...on my rifle, both the original Winchester cocking piece as well as the Eddy replacement were polished and "in the white" bare steel when I got them.

I didn't polish the entire...

You are correct, sir.
Disassembled the bolt and sure enough the bolt sleeve is Winchester.
When I acquired the rifle, the bolt also had a Winchester cocking piece, but I replaced it with an...

Scott, I can discern no markings on either the ring nor the sight relief groove of the bolt sleeve. I'll have to disassemble the bolt to see if the shaft of the bolt sleeve is marked.

cafdfw,...

Chuck, Mike, Scott & Steve,
glad you like the pics of my Eddy.

As far as cutting a 100 yard notch in the edge of the sight ladder, reducing the outer radius of the peep just a tad so the sight...

Serial #1,345,xxx. December 1918 barrel stamp.
According to Ferris and Stratton, within the last 9 thousand Eddys manufactured.

All Eddystone parts except a W marked upper hand guard.
Raritan...

Thank you for the bore evaluation primer, Patrick. :thup:
Valuable info to know.

Mr. Chadwick, I, for one, would be glad to learn how to evaluate a barrel in a gun store setting.

If I'm interested in a particular rifle, I'll bring a bullet, bore snake and bore light to the gun...

Trickster, that is a great looking setup.
Thank you for the inspiration.

Should have a similar rig as soon as my Weaver post & cross-hair K4 60B arrives.
Although I'm very happy with the...

Check out the recent
"Parts" rifle thread.

Thanks for the great pictures documenting your scoped '17, Trickster. :beerchug:
You'll have to let us know how she shoots.

I'm working on a similar set-up. I already have the S&K mount, and a...

Very nice, Trickster!

There must be a lot of satisfaction "rolling your own" rifle out of spare parts.

Have you had it to the range yet?
How you like the S&K mount as far as period appearance...

Thanks, Phrogpilot.

Very cool!

So NO arsenal marks at all?!
Does that mean that some M1917s were stored in arsenal but weren't rebuilt or reinspected and therefore received no arsenal stamps?

Very nice! :dancingbanana:
Do you have any more close up pics of the rifle, maybe some showing arsenal marks? Wonder where it was stored after it rolled off the assembly line.

I'm also curious if...

Early Win M1917, bayonet, scabbard and sling.
Nice collection there, jls77!

I've seen genuine 1917 Win bayonets with scabbard at gun shows going for as much as $300. Good find.

Yup.
Looks like the safety will not properly engage it now. :move eek:

See
NRA OFFICIAL TARGET DIMENSIONS

This link shows the designated purposes for the various Official NRA targets.

An SR-1 is a "Reduction of the SR Target for use at 100 yards to simulate the...

If you use a six o'clock hold on a 6" bullseye, then you are just about right on, MILSURPGUY1917. Your rounds should be right on the X ring to an inch above.

From the field guides that I've read...

Wow, just wow.
Glad to see the survivors found some sense of normalcy after their ordeal.
Thanks for posting these pictures.

Good info, Dan.
Thank you for taking the time! :bow: