1917 eddystone

[aspen80]

I am looking for someone that could give me info from the SRS.
My 1917 eddystone # is 1290487
If you can do it I thank you very much...

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[LooneyToon]

I am looking for someone that could give me info from the SRS.
My 1917 eddystone # is 1290487 If you can do it I thank you very much...

Serial number should be 1918 production, what does it look like? Not to sound ignorant since I am new here, so forgive me, but what is "SRS"?

[aspen80]

Hello,

This is a 1917 Model with a 1918 barrel.
SRS is a serial number data base...Springfield Research Service

[Patrick Chadwick]

According to Ferris, P87: 3 recorded examples of 129xxxx, all with November 1918 barrels.
One example, 1290089 is max. 2 days away from your rifle, assuming steady rate of production.

Take a close look at the top end of the barrel, there should be an "11-18" stamped there. Stamp can be faint, so you may need to turn the barrel around to catch the light at varying angles.

[Patrick Chadwick]

Addition to the previous post: My Eddyston eis also a 129xxxx with 11-18 barrel. And a correction: The range for 11-18 barrels, according to Ferris, runs from at least 1285640 to 1330524, with an anamolous-seeming 1362293 - about 55000 (not 5500 as in my estimate). So 1290089 was probably on the same day as your rifle. As far as I know, no daily records have survived. Bearing in mind that this was effectively the end of production and the war, my best guess is an assembly date of mid-November.

[aspen80]

Thanks Patrick,
Yes, It in fact does have an 11-18 barrel.
Any of you that have answered here have rifles with what I would call a "rough" stock?
On a scale of 1 - 10, 1 being a block of wood and 10 having a fine smooth finish, I would grade mine as a 6/7. Nothing smooth about it. It has the serial number stamped on the receiver, bolt and on the bottom of the stock.

[Aragorn243]

Must have been in foreign service. I don't believe the US serial numbered the bolts or the stocks.

[aspen80]

The last bit of info that I have on this piece is through SRS that it was most likely with the Shanghai Volunteer Service.