I have seen some Eddystone 1917 actions (still on military rifles) that appeared to have less steel in the forged part than other 1917s. The action wall on the left side looked incomplete, as if there was less metal in the steel to be forged and it did not get spread everywhere it was supposed to go in the forging process. I should have thought such actions would have been rejected at inspection, but they seem to have made it through. All rifles observed were marked 30-06, stenciled in black on a red-painted band around the forward part of the stock and handguard. If Eddystones were visibly flawed, what might have happened inside the metal? Three rifles out of a case of 10 that I examined were so flawed. Has anyone else seen these actions?
