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Interesting rifle Dutchie! What calibre is it in? Is it 7.62?
I don't think it has bayonet lugs on it right?

The bolt head reminds me of the one on the AIA No 4 rifle series.

I wouldn't mess with it. Something kind of unique and warrants further study. Might just be a bubba or ???

My first thought was the barrel looks full length, just swap the wood set, but that bolt head....I wonder if it's a conversion to .22 Hornet or something and the bore is still a .22 Cno7 barrel?

Wonder who did that work?

The bolt head recess looks a bit small. I wonder if it's one of those Aussie conversions to .223?
 
Looks like somebody rechambered your barrel. .223 perhaps? That bolt head is not for .22!!

Actually looks like a pretty neat job if it's done right. How much did you pay?

Scott
 
Looks like someone went to a lot of trouble trying to make it a magazine fed Cno7. It's too bad they butchered the receiver. It is hard to find an original matching Cno7 receiver with bolt. The vast majority of the Cno7s on civvy street have the receivers with serial numbers that were burnished by the military. Some people then put on serial numbers that are in the correct range, while some don't. Either way, they are still not factory. Yours was. Also too bad they messed with the barrel. Those are hard to find these days. The modified bolt head, on the other hand, is a common item.

Based on what little is actually right about it, I would be tempted to just clean it up a bit and leave it like it is. Such a shame. That would have been a $900 rifle if it hadn't had the improvements. Perhaps a set of T pads onto her with a replica scope mount and make a Cno7mk1(T) out of her.
 
It's restorable, or maybe just finish the job properly.

Cast the chamber and see what it is.
 
Dutchie What is left that is worth 100+ bucks to a service rifle collector/shooter?
Action,chamber,forestock gone. You have a bolt minus bolt head and some other minor parts.
The good news, 100 spent and it is now a custom hunting rifle in need of some more work. Work you can do to your heart's content and end up with a pretty and accurized military rifle worth 300-500 bucks.
You did good!
 
take a rim mesurement. and make a chamber casting. and see what you got. most likely a 22 hornet . they were common in the day...
 
I have seen a sporterized .22 trainer that was converted to .218 Bee, but it was a single shot.
 
You have a CNo7 that's been converted to centre fire.....most likely 223 Remington. The bolt head has been modied to the Remington style. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH THIS!!!!! It has a 22 rimfire barrel and set up for 223 or maybe 222. The cases were necked down slightly to accept the 22LR diameter bullet. These conversions were done by guys very familar with reloading...falling into the wrong hands it's a death trap. A company in Kitchener Ontario did these conversions in the late 70's...a few have shown up a recent gunshows for resale. If you need further info PM. Ron
 
rgg_7 said:
You have a CNo7 that's been converted to centre fire.....most likely 223 Remington. The bolt head has been modied to the Remington style. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH THIS!!!!! It has a 22 rimfire barrel and set up for 223 or maybe 222. The cases were necked down slightly to accept the 22LR diameter bullet. These conversions were done by guys very familar with reloading...falling into the wrong hands it's a death trap. A company in Kitchener Ontario did these conversions in the late 70's...a few have shown up a recent gunshows for resale. If you need further info PM. Ron
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Ron- have you seen that exact bolt head design and magazine type before?

So these were handloaded with a smaller bullet than stock .223 ammunition had?
 
cantom....I've seen the exact bolt head design...in fact I own a couple. The concept behind the rifle was to rechamber to centre fire and neck down the case...if the purchaser also got the reloading dies he would be able to reload. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FIRE COMMERICAL AMMO IN THIS RIFLE!!!!!
The magazine is very crudely made. Sheetmetal box with a 223 follower. Doubt if it feeds very well and most likely was used as a single shot.


Dutchie - could you tell us where you purchased this rifle? What calibre was it registered as?
 
.223 case is to long for this chamber.
The bolt face measures .385 (Roughly .030 larger then a .22 hornet case head OD.

Don't worry now, this rifle is in good hands. It won't get blown up!

Any information on this rifle is good. Please post it Ron, so all the community can learn from it.
 
Dutchie - Chamber cast will tell for sure. Next best is to try brass.

With a .385 bolt face 225 Win (rim dia = .473) and 218 Bee (rim dia = .408) can be ruled out. 223 Rem has a rim dia = .378 and a
CL = 1.76 hence ruled out. 222 Rem rim dia = .378 and CL= 1.70 may be a possibility. 22 Hornet or variants like K- Hornet have a rim dia = .350 and a CL =1.403....this may be your rifle chambering. The CNo7 extractor looks like it was bevelled to fit the case shape.

If 22 Hornet, these conversions were not uncommon on SMLE's 22....only seen the odd one on a No4 action. Bullets are available for reloading. Do you have the Dies?

Weaver side mount has been well done....receiver not drilled all the way through...could be a nice sporter in the right hands. The bolt head is Remington design and takes some machining skill to duplicate. Is the collar solder on the face of a No4 bolt? It appears so however would like a confirmation as it tells me a couple more things. Is the firing pin 2 piece?

Let me know what you can and I provide what ever info I can.

Let us know what calibre it turns out to be.

Ron
 
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