Several years ago I believe I brought my first rifle to the attention of this group. I sought advice on whether it was a good purchase or not considering it's condition. I did end up buying it and over the past few years just never was satisfied with it. The stock was heavily sanded, it has a WWII 2 groove replacement barrel that is pitted and while it looked decent and filled a spot in my collection I kept my eyes open for something better.

That came along this past weekend. This one also is not perfect but is a huge step up in my opinion. From an exterior inspection, every part could be identified as Eddystone with the exception of the safety lever, and nose cap which had no markings. The barrel is an original 9-18 barrel although it also has pitting. The stock is un-sanded, has the original acceptance stamps and two rebuild/inspection stamps.

On tearing it down I found replacement parts. A Winchester trigger guard, Remington spring, base plate and trigger and safety.

Here's where the advice comes in. I'm planning to sell the old one, but it has an Eddystone safety, trigger guard, spring and base plate although all but the safety are in worse shape finish wise than the ones it came with. It unfortunately has a Winchester trigger.

Is it better to keep it as is with mix matched but better finished parts or swap out all the stuff for the correct Eddystone. The safety is a no brainer, they look the same.

If swapped out, all that is not Eddystone is the trigger and that shouldn't be hard to find.

The old one was major mismatch. Remington stock, Remington bolt, etc so nothing lost there by taking a few Eddystone parts off it.

What to you guys think, I'm leaning toward going all Eddystone.
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