Several (20+) years ago I got a call from one of my buddies. It seems that his wife, an antique dealer ,was handling the estate sale of an elderly gentleman that had recently passed away. In his attic was a crate containing four Eddystone P17 rifles still in cosmolineicon. The guns appeared to be unissued. We gave a couple hundred to the family for the crate, cleaned up the rifles, sold 2 and kept one each. Had one hell of a time getting the 70 year old dried grease off of the rifles, but mine cleaned up really well and looks new.
The old guy had been a WW1 vet. Don't know exactly how or from where he got the rifles, but I was glad to get mine. Shot her a few times, dead on accurate.
Found the correct Bayonet and repro leather sling at a gun show. It dwells in the farthest reaches of my safe.
Something for my kid to sell when I croak........
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