M1917 Eddystone Assessment

[P0H0]

Definitely, WWII rebuild with a heavily sanded stock, rebuilt mark. Eddystones in the time frame would have been blued not parkerized, the rifle was heavily sandblasted as well. It looks like a solid M1917 if the bore is nice.

Yeah, I read that most of the Eddystones were blued until they switched over to parkerizing towards the end of production (Fall of 2018?). To me the rifle looks blued for sure — however, I can’t tell if it was blasted and blued again (it needs to be stripped to be blued). The details in the metal work appear to be fine and sharp. I am personally not opposed to re-bluing vs. letting it rust away. The stock looks good to me, although I don’t have a trained eye for sanding (which part is rounded vs. sharp like it should be?) — again, the cartouches look intact.

Like you I do have some suspicions it has had some conservation/restoration work done to it and have sent an email off to a few shops I know to see if they have seen it before.

I understand the bore to be excellent — although I do have a bore scope to check when it arrives.

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[browningautorifle]

I am personally not opposed to re-bluing

Unless I'm missing something, the finish is fine., No need to do anything.

[P0H0]

I was speaking in general — I agree the blueing on the Eddystone is fine.