M1917 Eddystone Assessment

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End of production 2018?? LOL!! obviously a typo! Actually the Eddystone production ran until January 1919, Winchester until April 1919, Remington until December 1918. US Army Ordnance at the time was considering adopting the M1917 as a new rifle and they wanted to get as many rifles as possible before production contracts ended. The production equipment for Eddystone was owned by the US Government and was shipped to Rock Island for storage after production was terminated at Eddystone and the plant facilities returned to Baldwin Locomotive.