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Help ID'ing Eddystone
I just picked up an eddystone with a 10-18 barrel and all parts eddystone. They all are parkerized. The stock has a P in a box behind the trigger gaurd, a capital letter A in front of the magazine floorplate, and a number on the stock end cap that is either 66 or 65. In some light the number looks like two E's. I think it is all original except maybe the stock.
Thanks for your help.
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10-12-2011 10:50 PM
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Info on the stock and its markings.
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P in a box, is a proof mark. stamped during rebuild, A accepted, the number is a gallery subinspector marking.. E Eddystone ..
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If all the parts are parkerized, it went through a rebuild. Almost all of the parts should be marked, this link is a good reference.
U.S. Rifle M1917 Markings
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I thought Eddystone changed over to a Parkerizing process in around Oct. 1918?
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Look at the end of the stock near the muzzle. It should be stamped with a letter.
Can you post a pic?
Last edited by armabill; 10-15-2011 at 08:50 PM.
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Originally Posted by
MNCop
I thought Eddystone changed over to a Parkerizing process in around Oct. 1918?
Yes, but it was smooth black parkerizing that looked very close to the original browned/blued finish. It did not look like the parkerizing that we normally think of on US military rifles.