eddystone barrels

[milboltnut]

found a JA pristine barrel

[Tuna]

I would not be surprised if your search for an original new barrel is fruitless. They could not find enough during WW2 and had to contract with Johnson Automatics to make new barrels for the 1917 Enfield's. Your best bet is to get a new commercial one
and have a smith install it.

[milboltnut]

well not new... I'll settle for used, LOL A friend of mine seems to find excellent barrels but the only problem is they belong to the rifle. He just picked up an Eddystone with an 18 barrel.

[milboltnut]

If anything, according to Dick Culvers write up...changing tooling wasn't feasible during WW2.

All that taken into account, it seems that when the M1917s were refurbished during WWII and
needed a new barrel, Ordnance went with a more conventional rifling. The standard replacement
barrels were made by High Standard Manufacturing with a 4-groove right hand twist as opposed to
the original left hand twist, or by Johnson Automatics (manufacturer of the M1941 Johnson Rifle)
with 2-groove barrel with a right hand twist

[Merc]

https://www.gunpartscorp.com/gun-man...st-1917?page=4

Try these guys. They show new repro .30-06 barrels in their M1917 parts list.

[Merc]

Another option might be to see if it's possible to have a sleeve installed in the original barrel.

[JimF]

Another option might be to see if it's possible to have a sleeve installed in the original barrel.

I looked into doing this about 20 years ago . . . .

I asked a few barrel-makers if they could do this . . . . as Springfield Armory did, way back in 1866/67 . . . and was told NO!

Their reasoning was, the lined barrels would not stand the 50,000 lbs. of pressure.

Seems odd to me . . . With today’s technology, I would think it could be possible.

When I got off the phone, I figured they were just not interested.

[milboltnut]

found a JA barrel.... in excellent condition.

[Dan Shapiro]

There was a place in Texas that relined (sleeved) barrels, but that was several years ago. Can't find a link to their website. You'd think it would be a good business. The collector gets to keep the original appearance of the barrel, and can still fire the weapon.

[milboltnut]

I think I found a friend of a friend who has connections... finding out tonight for the resource on Eddystone barrels in good condition.