I had an Eddystone some years ago it had been sporterized some. I bedded the action and barrel with acragel, had the barrel cutoff shorter and recrowned, stoned the trigger down till it felt good. The thing looked pretty good handled good and shot nice little cloverleafs. The big drawback is they are heavy, very heavy.
hey lever I have a custom p17 made by rem. The P stands for pattern. the english version was the pattern and was 303 cal. the enfields were made in the states by eddystone remington and winchester. Remington produced the model 20 till I believe 1932 on left over p17 actions. The p17 is a fine shooting gun. The ears will have to be milled off for customising and of course drilled and tapped. most people straighten the step on the floor plate and do alot of stock work, or you can shoot it the way it is . Timney mades a trigger for it also. great rifle.
I got to help the gunsmith build my custom 1917 Rem a year ago. It's now in 338-06. The barrel started out as a blank and was turned down by (my) hand to copy the factory barrel. It's in a Boyds lamanated stock w/ the belly. I left the open sights on it but added a xs scout scope mount and Burris 2.75X scout scope mounted forward of the action. Snuffy said it best, It's HEAVY. Mine weighs in at around 12 lbs but it groups 1.3" @ 200 yds with 225's at 2550fps. I couldn't be happier. They are great rifles. The 'smith said that it was one of the most unique looking rifles he had built. He was just as suprised how well it came out too. Cajun
I have a p17 in 404 Jeffries express, ears milled off, floorplate/trigger guard straightened,timney trigger, glass bedded,beulher mounts, 3x leupold. Its a great shooter and beautiful rifle.
hey The same here it is a great platform to go with a caliber that spins off of the 06. I am going to 35 whelen one and 6.5-06 the other. cant beat them.
The P-17 is a great action, I have had three rifles including 270, 7mm Rem Mag, and a 338 based on the 416 Rigby case built around the Enfield. All of the actions have had a lot of work done to them (translation - money), but they make great rifles.
I have always had a soft spot in my heart for the Enfield. The first rifle I ever bought was an Eddystone from the NRA, back in about 1956. I bought it from the NRA for, as I remember, $15. I hunted all through highschool and college with the rifle unchanged from the way I got it. I think that's the reason I don't hear people now when they start talking about a 10 pound rifle being too heavy to carry in the mountains.
I have kept a Winchester in original condition, but wish that I could find an original Remington - the best of the lot in my opinion.
