Even though this is from 1918, it looks like a pretty efficient operation. Toward the end, I take it that "slushing" is a preservative treatment?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39wM-lzDWE4
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Even though this is from 1918, it looks like a pretty efficient operation. Toward the end, I take it that "slushing" is a preservative treatment?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39wM-lzDWE4
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Yep that’s nice warm cosmoline. In 1918 the vast majority of Enfields were shipped directly overseas, They had to be protected.
I’ve seen that before. The part that gets me is how they just casually screw the barrels into the receivers with a normal action wrench. If you’ve ever tried to take off an Enfield barrel you know why that’s bizarre.
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Its a neat video. I would guess "slushing" is cosmoline or similar given the viscosity of the goo they push back into the pit.
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No idea what "slushing" is, but it was fun to watch the video. State of the art manufacturing for the day.
I have a 1917 Eddystone. Still a fine shooting rifle. Can't say that I've ever "really" tried to see what it can do in terms of accuracy. But it's easily a 2 MOA rifle with off the shelf ammo and a casual attempt at iron sight marksmanship. Not bad for a 100 year old sporterised rack grade. It was my dad's deer rifle. Ate a lot of venison when I was a kid, so I suppose it worked well enough.
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I have a 1917 Remington and it's pretty amazing. Anything my Springfield can do, it can do.
The barrel straightening process never fails to amaze me, just a guy bending it a bit more straight.
Last edited by SteyrAUG; 12-06-21 at 23:14.
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Except blow up. Those receivers are quite strong.Originally Posted by SteyrAUG
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Well yeah, that.
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Very cool,,I'll take a crate please,LOL !
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Yeah, the actions are popular for dangerous game caliber builds. 375H&H and up.
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I have a Winchester that was inspected by Elmer Keith when he was working at the Ogden Arsenal. The kicker is that I got it as a BOGO free deal when I bought my first Garand in 2010. I was the service manager for a John Deere dealer in Texas at the time, and I had a 84 year old customer who previously owned a gun shop in California for 30 years. He told me he'd "sell me the Garand for $650 and throw in the M1917." My money jumped out of my wallet so fast!
What impresses me about my M1917 is the trigger. It's a stock trigger, but it's amazingly smooth and I would easily say that it's superior to the either the Geissele or LaRue triggers in my AR's. I haven't fired any other M1917's, so I don't know if their all as smooth as mine.
Here's a link to some pics of the rifle.
https://imgur.com/a/t36Uckb
Last edited by TexHill; 12-07-21 at 12:35.
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