US Model of 1917 Enfield Eddystone Sporterized from Military Mongrel

[tyrssen1]

Nice! You got a DEAL on that stock! Unless I miss my guess, it came from Richard's Microfit, where I paid $200 for mine, in AA walnut. Quite right, as long as it wasn't a perfect original specimen, giving it a "sporter" touch does no harm and brings a fine old gun back to life!

[cougarargo]

Very nice job, only I would have strightened out the trigger gaurd also. Don`t pay any attention to these nay-sayers. You just made there old war-horse go up in valve. LOL By the way, I have a spoterize 1917 also & it`s a good shooter, & no it doesn`t just look like a K-mart spiecal either.

[residentevil4freek]

why in the FUCK would you sporterize a beautiful war trophy?

[raginroadrunner]

Have one exactly like this..Bishop stock, sporterized by Colorado School of Gunsmithing..had it since 1958..priceless rifle...RR

[GunsByBubba]

If you are going to burn 150 stocks, send em to me and we'ns'll find a use for em.

[GunsByBubba]

Nick, Come on! Quit your bellyaching and bosting. Restoring this would have entailed welding the ugly ears back on and purchasing probably 500 worth of labor and parts, including a barrel, both sights, etc, and then you've got a unmatching BASTARD English snaggle-toothed mongrel that weighs 10 lbs and something you couldn't give to a real collector. Now that would be a waste of money!

[nick122344]

Despite all the work, the gun is now worth about $500 less than before. I've restored over 150 sporterized mil-surps that people have hacked up in order to make them look like a gun worth half their original value. I have a giant pile of sporterized stocks sitting in the attic of my shop and if it wasn't for the sake of wasting good walnut for repair purposes, I would have burned them by now. Sporterizing was the thing to do during the days of $20 mausers, not today.

[GunsByBubba]

It is now in my workshop getting a brand new barrel. I used a wheeler #1 action wrench with brass shims and relieved the barrel shoulder with my "fixed" dremel. Barrel came off easy with alum. bushing barrel vice (Gbroker). I still have to headspace it and cut the extractor recess (dremel+files+time) but I have learned it is not as hard a job as people make it out to be. Action checked out good with 91% rubbing alc for checking for cracks, which I had done when I obtained it originally.

[GunsByBubba]

This was a project I completed when I had a lot of time on my hands. I attached my grinder wheels to my drill to lessen a lot of time on the rear rec. ring and burned up my dremel, along with draw filing and hand sanding with incremental grits of sandpaper and got in every nook and cranny till in the white. The stock was a great find on gunbroker that was not listed as "Enfield" but i recognized the inletting, even though poorly done by someone.

[GunsByBubba]

To answer a couple of responses, the gun was not in good condition when I obtained it. This action is not optimized for the battlefield, it begs to be sporterized and refined into some type of scary dangerous game magnum rifle. I mean come on who puts huge ears and this much useless metal on a rifle to be carried all day? I think some of the ugly snaggle-toothed British saw a little bit of themselves in their sidetracked Mauser project.

[Extra08]

Wow. A piece of US history cut-up to look like a cheap and common production rifle.

[arhuomam]

It would be very appreciated if you could let me know how you made the barrel and the whole metal very shiny, please see time 1:08 and compare it to 2:07.

You really did great job, congrats,,,,

[khenzel]

Though I can appreciate the craftsmanship, it kills me to see an old war horse like that turned in to a kmart special. Get a mosin if you want a cheap project rifle, but first make sure its got common stamps. I did this on one of my mosins, and I enjoy shooting it knowing its based off a ww2 rifle, but I wouldn't dream of doing this to my eddystone!! Makes me sick.

[ConnerPlainLiving]

That is an awesome elk rifle. My favorite.

[PervyPartisan]

You ruined it.

[mrjuan2u]

hey where did you get the 20 dls stok?

[TrelosGreek]

I dont undrstand..... why go through the trouble ? just buy a new rifle if thats what u want.

I can appreciate the work but I think the original style is much more attractive. Now it looks like a NORMAL new everyday rifle, one of milions , not historical, unique and original anymore.

sorry , just my 2 cents

[retmidhudhack]

Nice job on the stock. I have a Eddystone , newly sporterized, looks very much like yours save for the cheek piece. Awesome is all I can say. I shoot groups of three at 100 yds I can cover with a quarter, I also have a Winchester Model 1917 that is military stock. Oldies but goodies.

[chris37865]

What did you do to that poor rifle! Actually not a bad job, takes skill to do what you did and not just hack the stock and throw on a scope.

[stuartdivebum]

Gunsbybubba perfect name... if there was a bubba of the year award this would earn it hahahahahahaha

turn a valuable piece of American history into a $75.00 tard rifle, Priceless! =)

[kwansao]

couldn't you have just left that rifle the hell alone

[kyofan2052014]

nice rifle.. what you use to stein it?

[kyofan2052014]

@kyofan2052014 or stain *

[SouthSurreyMilitia]

Wow, congratulations! You just ruined a historic rifle that is increasingly hard to find every year! You just earned yourself the Bubba retard of the year award!

[joeblo86]

@SouthSurreyMilitia I agree fully. Why would he cut the barrel off because "he" didnt like it. You should always think about the value of the weapon. +shorter barrel=less accurate

[SouthSurreyMilitia]

@joeblo86 Shorter barrels also mean less velocity. Nice to see someone else appreciate historic firearms as much as I do. :)

[joeblo86]

@SouthSurreyMilitia I prefer the old calibers, not so much the old rifles themselves though. I have a browning A-bolt chambered in .30-06. I love it to death. Take care

[TheKodiak72]

@joeblo86 shorter barrel by no way means less accurate. just about a 30fps drop per inch cut off.

[joeblo86]

@TheKodiak72 oh yes it does. A longer barrel means the bullet touches more riflings in the barrel spinning it faster to in the end go further. perfect example is pistols. are you trying to tell me a 3 in barrel is going to be as accurate as a 7in barrel? i didnt think so. Stop chopping up antiques. Why do you think they use 30in barrels on precision rifles? its not to look cool. its for accuracy. Go back to school.

[MrLongbranch303]

Why the hell would you chop up a P17 you retard ??? these rifles are going up in price every year ,, you just turned a $600+ into a $150 gun ?? good job lol

[joeblo86]

@MrLongbranch303 I second that. Never cut the barrel off, what a FN idiot.  Way to go.

[SSAirsoftowns]

Way To ruin an old gun, Asshole.

[AmericaStandsStrong1]

@SSAirsoftowns What do you care? Doesn't even look like you own a real gun.

[SSAirsoftowns]

@AmericaStandsStrong1 I own real guns Dumbfuck. 2 Mosin Nagants, And an SKS.

By the way, you're blocked

[AmericaStandsStrong1]

@SSAirsoftowns Yipee

[88pie88]

wtf, you should of just kept it in the origonal condition as a memorbillia for your family. but noooooooo you toatly tant it and raped it. this is sad. lts like hot roding a fully functional 38 Plymouth. your pathetic.

[Pyrofreak321]

@88pie88 chill out? there are plenty more out there pal.

[GunsByBubba]

@esh325 Are you going to go with a Criterion barrel? Midway just had them on sale. They are military. Mine had a JA, it's too groovy. Before you start, get rec. magnafluxed to check for cracks (or use rubbing alcohol like I did). Tough switching out the barrel without relief cut =>time=>$. ++Hardened. I cut above bolt release on rear 90%, then "bent" some steel off (just for kicks) and was not brittle but didn't bend either. Everybody should try that with their gun at least once ; )

[munkeyriver]

As long as you are happy... that's all that matters.

[GunsByBubba]

@munkeyriver

: )

Adding insult to injury I took off the 4x32 Bushnell Sportsman and returned it to Wal-mart and stopped by a local gunshop and purchased a $15 Tasco 3-9x40 circa 1977 that was made in JAPAN. It is a little more authentic for the sporterized Enfield. You can probably picture someone in 1977 hacking up an Enfield easier than 2011. Ouch! More importantly though, the scope is a clear and quality despite being made in an Axis country. Nice for deer hunt'n.

[esh325]

Hah, I've been thinking about doing the exact opposite to mine. I have a 1917 action by itself that somebody put a short barrel on it. Been thinking about putting an original military barrel I have on it. Your 1917 came out pretty good.