I have an Eddystone, #1,250,xxx with an 11-18 dated barrel and all Eddystone parts. The whole thing was painted black when I got it, so I stripped the paint off and applied RLO.
The stock is clearly stamped with an "E" at the forend, with no other markings remaining. The wood is very light colored, it appears to be Birch. The handguards are the usual black Walnut. In Stratton's book, he states that all original WWI era stocks for the US Model of 1917 were American Black Walnut, and that some of the WWII replacement stocks were made of Birch. I did not notice anything about this in Ferris's book.
Did Eddystone make replacement stocks during WWII? Were any of the original stocks Birch? It is definitely not a P-14 stock.Information
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