Eddystone P17: a "german crime"

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I bought this rifle in Germany as a decoration rifle. It looked great on the pictures, so I thought I might get some cheap spare parts.

When it arrived, it took me about 3 hours to wipe out the arsenal grease that was still with every part of the rifle. It wasn't hard to find out, that the rifle didn't see much use before being demilitarized. Luckily, this was being done by welding the chamber, what made it reversible.

It did cost some money to cut a new chamber, but it was worth it. By far the most beautiful barrel I had ever seen on a 1917. Every part is marked with E; the parkerization is even such thick, that closing the bolt needs quite some strengh due to the amount of finish on the grinding parts

Here some pictures of it:








The only bad thing about it - before being demilitarized according to some old german law, the sight had being blocked and the bayonet lug had been cut off:




Regards,

Georg

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