U S Model 1917 Disassembly Rust Check and Assembly. A disassembly of the major components of the M1917 to check for rust and pitting under the wooden stock parts. A quick blurb on stock cleaning, and then final assembly.
Tim, good on you man for being able to pick up an M1917 recently. Both of the CMP stores are closed right now because they are catching up on shipping out orders. Where were you able to find an M1917 if you don't mind me asking? R, - J.
@@johnh.2340 Hi John, I bought it on GunBroker, from a shop in Rhode Island. It's a very nice example. I had one very similar that I let go several years ago. It's amazing to me how much the cost of these have increased in the past few years.
The Eddystone plant was actually in Eddystone PA, (southeast of Philadelphia) not New York. The Eddystone plant was a subsidiary of Remington, so the whole rifle, not just the barrel, was technically a Remington manufacture. The Eddystone, PA plant was a retooled locomotive manufacturing plant (Baldwin Locomotive Works), ramping up the production for the WW1 British production of the main Remington and Winchester plants respectively. The M1917 was a reworked/rebored (.30-06) version of the British Pattern 1914 (.303.)
To clean my stock of years of crud I used 000 steel wool and a mixture of turpentine and linseed oil. I didn't want to do anything heavy handed until I could see through the years of accumulated dirt. As it turned out my wood was in great shape and looks nice without all the dirt on it. I did put a very light coat of BLO on it...the metal parts I cleaned and buffed with 0000 steel wood...re-oiled them and put them back together. Very nice rifles.
You should do your videoing on a neutral colored surface, the grain of the wood competes with the item resting on it and makes difficult to see details very well.
I have a non import marked M1917 Eddystone. Manufactured in Nov.1918, Barrel is R-12-17 marked.. Using your video to disassemble the M1917. On the underside of the barrel is stamped with a clear letter P.
What oil were you using for the wood? I was trying to find out what oil I could use for my 1917 eddystone, on the contact points between wood and metal
I'm looking for a new stock for my Eddystone P14. Its a restoration project from an uncut pawn shop find. I have the upper handguard parts. Just need the stock.
@@cyclecamp1 I found a new made one on Numrich Gun Parts, but if I can find an original with the volley sight plate, or at least the cutout, I'd get it. The price I got the rifle for, I'd be willing to pay the price for an authentic one. Edit: I just looked and didn't see one, but I'll occasionally check there. Thanks for the info.
Good video thanks...so the 2 barrel bands hold the foregrip and hand guard.to the barrel ..but there are small brass pins in the wood near the steel barrel bands...what do the little pins do?
Not sure which you are speaking about. If you are talking about the "pairs" of brass that are on the top of the handguard in front of and behind center barrel band and before the rear sights, those are rivets. There is a piece of curved metal at the rear end of the forward hand grip, and at both ends of the rear hand grip. These metal pieces are like curved tabs that stick out and lock the handgrip down. If you mean the large pin that sticks out of both sides of the lower stock in front of the mid barrel band, that is a keeper to stop the barrel band from sliding forward, since there is no spring loaded barrel stop or screw through the rear band as the screw in the forward band/bayonette lug assembly.
Yes it was painted black by the British in WW2...it's a lend lease gun from the US early war for the home guard many 1917s went there or Free China...have a couple myself...any red paint towards the front....they use to put a rep strip front of the gun to signify it's a 3006 not a 303 Brit....Shoe
