U.S. Model of 1917 Eddystone

[Joe Boleo]

Finally, I came across a lovely Eddystone in a local gun shop. There were two of them at very reasonable prices. One was sold before I arrived. The second one I put on layaway. Looks like this one will be used in our DCM matches this year. Take care...
Joe

[Gil Martin]

Good catch. All the best...
Gil

[jon lynn]

How about a picture?

[Adam Helmer]

Joe Boleo,

I like the P-17 very much and have several Remmys, Winchesters and Eddys on establishment. BUT, the committee that refitted the P-14 to the P-17 were not shooters! I think you will be disappointed using your P-17 in DCM matches. The fault of the P-17 is the same one that haunted the British Mark III. In 1916 the Mark III became the MkIII*. They dropped the Magazine cutoff (a very good thing) and the Windage Adjustable Rear Sight (A very bad thing).

The Fine P-17 does not have a Windage Adjustable rear sight as does the M1903 Springfield and the M1892 Krag and the M1884 Trapdoor Springfield. Windage adjustment (?) is a hammer job on the front sight, left or right, and staking same. Best of luck making windage adjustments at your DCM Matches.

The P-17 is a lost cause for match shooting, in my opinion. Better go with the Garand with click adjustable rear sight. For $2.00 more, the P-17 could have been windage adjustable when the rifle cost the Gummint $26.00. Go figure?

Adam

[Gil Martin]

A number of shooters use vintage bolt action military rifles at our monthly DCM matches. The number of U.S. Model of 1917 rifles on the line continues to increase. True, there is no easy windage adjustment. Once sighted in, that seems to be just fine for 100 yard targets. At longer ranges it might be a different story. These folks are just having fun. They are not bench rest shooters. So it depends. All the best...
Gil

[Adam Helmer]

Gil,

At my former club in NH we had monthly Military Bolt Rifle Matches and I shot a P-17 several times at the 100-yard targets. I won one match using an 8mm 98k Predueze 44 rifle with 150 grain jacketed handloads. The matches were fun and there were usually 35-40 shooters with every imaginable bolt gun from Arisaka, Ross, Krag, Kroptchak and the usual Enfields, Springfields and Mausers.

Adam