few endystones in excellent condition [don't know about the bores, one i checked looked decent] $500-$600 at cabelas in hudson. is that a good price considering springfields are going for up to $1500
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few endystones in excellent condition [don't know about the bores, one i checked looked decent] $500-$600 at cabelas in hudson. is that a good price considering springfields are going for up to $1500
I've been surprised before with sewer pipe bores on milsurps. Have a polish m44 carbine that has a pitted bore that shoots very well. If the price is right I'd never let a sewer pipe bore keep me from buying.Even if the bores are shot out (which I can almost guarantee they are), that’s still a great price range all things considered.
Ask the gun room associate to take it out of the stock and check the receivers for cracks around the barrel.
Buy it and get a replacement criterion from the CMP screwed on there and enjoy your new rifle!
Or just keep it as is and look at it if you want. OR shoot it as is…I had a Winchester with a sewer pipe barrel that shot pretty damn good! Around 2-3MOA at 100yds if I did my part.
Springfield never made 1917’s. It was Winchester, Eddystone, and Remington.
Post pics. PM me if you have any questions. I’ve owned 3 winchesters, but am down to my 1 ‘correct’ piece now. I still love to shoot it though.
Buy them both and decide which one you want to keep after we tell you, lol. Then sell the other one here for someone else to enjoy!Thanks for the info! Very much appreciated. There are two left now.
Those fags at Cabelas won't even let you pull the trigger on a gun.Ask the gun room associate to take it out of the stock and check the receivers for cracks around the barrel.
Don’t give them the option to tell you noThose fags at Cabelas won't even let you pull the trigger on a gun.
Last time I convinced them of letting me pull the trigger on a gun, they took me to an office, removed the trigger lock from the revolver, put the muzzle in some sort of safety box and let me pull the trigger there.Don’t give them the option to tell you no
I’ve handled and disassembled plenty of them at the Hudson store. The kid that worked the gun room liked me because he was going to join the military and I’d go in to shoot the shit with him once every couple of weeks.
You’re in sales…I bet you could ‘sell them’ to let you do whatever you want too…you just gotta be friendly and smile a lot.
The new guy sold me my enfield a few years back, efa10'd it as a no sn rifle, then got corrected by his manager and efa10d it with the origonal issue SN.Last time I convinced them of letting me pull the trigger on a gun, they took me to an office, removed the trigger lock from the revolver, put the muzzle in some sort of safety box and let me pull the trigger there.
I was about to ask him if he wanted me to run to CVS and get him some depends for all the pant sh*tting that must go on on that store.
F*ck that place.
Dude, WHAT?The new guy sold me my enfield a few years back, efa10'd it as a no sn rifle, then got corrected by his manager and efa10d it with the origonal issue SN.
Now I got a spare gun in my name in the registry.
Tell it to the judge, sir!The new guy sold me my enfield a few years back, efa10'd it as a no sn rifle, then got corrected by his manager and efa10d it with the origonal issue SN.
Now I got a spare gun in my name in the registry.
I’m wondering which one shoots better?Dude, WHAT?
Technically, since it doesn't have a SN, he could transfer it to you, you transfer it to me, I transfer it to @drgrant, he transfers it to someone else ...I’m wondering which one shoots better?
So you’re telling us that you ACTUALLY own a ‘ghost gun’?
I’ll tell you what, when you’re ready to get rid of it, let me know and I’ll give you my MA LTC pin and you can transfer it to me. My pin is still valid somehow and I don’t think they’ll be knocking on my door here in Kentucky. If they do, they better wear dancing shoes
We have a new pedestal sink for NES!Technically, since it doesn't have a SN, he could transfer it to you, you transfer it to me, I transfer it to @drgrant, he transfers it to someone else ...
It is not like anyone will ever commit a crime with it.
Would be pretty funny if there is a gun that went through like 5K owners.
I guess I never really thought of it as a real ghost gun, but yeah, yeah I do.I’m wondering which one shoots better?
So you’re telling us that you ACTUALLY own a ‘ghost gun’?
I’ll tell you what, when you’re ready to get rid of it, let me know and I’ll give you my MA LTC pin and you can transfer it to me. My pin is still valid somehow and I don’t think they’ll be knocking on my door here in Kentucky. If they do, they better wear dancing shoes
Technically, since it doesn't have a SN, he could transfer it to you, you transfer it to me, I transfer it to @drgrant, he transfers it to someone else ...
It is not like anyone will ever commit a crime with it.
Would be pretty funny if there is a gun that went through like 5K owners.
I bought one. It’s 98% blue original finish (not parkerized), the guts are filled with cosmoline. Eddystone receiver. 7/18 barrel. Mix of Eddystone and Remington internal parts. I have it apart and it was gummed up like most 75+ year old rearsenaled milsurps. Only problem is a rough black bore but does have strong rifling. Wood is nice, has some cartouches but I’m not up on 1917 markings. It will bake in the sun tomorrow to ooze out the cosmo. Clerk said it came from a police evidence room. The other one they had there was similar to this one, the other cheaper one, a Remington, had mismatched wood.
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I bought one. It’s 98% blue original finish (not parkerized), the guts are filled with cosmoline. Eddystone receiver. 7/18 barrel. Mix of Eddystone and Remington internal parts. I have it apart and it was gummed up like most 75+ year old rearsenaled milsurps. Only problem is a rough black bore but does have strong rifling. Wood is nice, has some cartouches but I’m not up on 1917 markings. It will bake in the sun tomorrow to ooze out the cosmo. Clerk said it came from a police evidence room. The other one they had there was similar to this one, the other cheaper one, a Remington, had mismatched wood.
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This man knows the rules of NES!!Buy them both and decide which one you want to keep after we tell you, lol. Then sell the other one here for someone else to enjoy!
Looks nice! What color is the ladder sight? White or blued?
Remember when you go to shoot it to flip the ladder up and use the peep sight or you'll be WAY high at anything under 300yds
Ladder is blued. Thanks, I will use the peep!
That is what you get for driving to Cabelas for a gun.Went by this morning to take a look but the room is locked. You need to get assistance to go in there. If they want them that bad, they can keep them.