All, Thank you for this fun thread! Emperor Rise Of The Middle Kingdom Update Patch. Fungilab Viscometer Manually. Here is a picture of my Eddystone M1917 Rifles, along with my Model 1903 Colt New Army Revolver. Why the revolver?

Some of you may know that I'm into Thompsons. What do Thompsons have to do with turn of the century revolvers and M1917 Rifles, you might ask? Well, they are all tied together through history by John T. Thompson, namesake of the Thompson Submachine Gun. From 1901-1903, Captain John T. Thompson was the Inspector of Pistols for the United States Army. My Model 1903 Colt New Army Revolver bears his inspector initials of 'JTT' at the top of the frame, just above and behind the cylinder on the left side.

In 1914, Colonel Thompson retired from the military to work for Remington Arms Co., and was given the responsibility to design and build the largest small arms production facility in the world at the time. This project became the Eddystone Plant in Pennsylvania, where P14's were made for the British, along with Mosin-Nagants for the Russians, and subsequently, U.S. M1917 Rifles were produced there. Thompson also previously supervised the development of the M1903 Rifle. When the U.S. Became involved in WWI, Thompson went back to the Army, and was promoted to Brigadier General.

He became the Director of Arsenals, and was in charge of all small arms manufacturing, including U.S. M1917 Rifles. The top M1917 in the picture is quite a nice example, and has the appropriate M1917 Kerr sling. In the lower left corner, you can see two original flyers (displayed front and back) that accompanied M1917 slings, showing how to install them on the M1917 Rifle.

The Kerr Adjustable Sling is the appropriate sling for this rifle, although certainly M1907 slings were also used. You may notice that the second rifle, also an Eddystone, is shorter than the one above it. This has been a subject of curiosity for me for more than 20 years. It appears to have been arsenal reworked into a shorter rifle. Nothing about this rifle says 'sporter.' There apparently were some M1917 Rifles that were shortened for use by Filipino troops.