Enfield 303 expertise needed please...

[rmcda]

Hi.... I have no knowledge of the rifle.... photos attached below.
Can anyone enlighten me based on the photos.
First I should explain ... this rifle is owned by an elderly gentleman who has no access to, or ability with computers.
I have not seen the rifle and said I would post the photos he sent to me to see if anyone can help. He does not want to sell but would like to know more about it and its potential value.
Thank you to anyone who can shed some light....

 

[Blastattack]

It's an Enfield Pattern 1914 rifle manufactured by Winchester in the USA to help England in WWI. It's been sporterized and it's worth about $150-$200 if the bore looks good.

 

[ksj1958]

Sporterized P14 (303) or M17 (30-06)
Dated for around WWI, Americans manufactured in 30-06 , British/Canadians in 303
Value maybe $250 depending on bore and matching components, might be Winchester based on the W prefix.
British were looking for an alternative rifle design to the LEE ENFIELD, contracts were with US companies. Once the first war broke out Britain abandoned the project. Americans retooled to produce the P14 as the M17 in 30-06 for war production as they could not manufacture enough Springfield 1903, they also continued production of P14 for British/Canadian in 303.

 

[Blastattack]

Sporterized P14 (303) or M17 (30-06)
Dated for around WWI, Americans manufactured in 30-06 , British/Canadians in 303
Value maybe $250 depending on bore and matching components, might be Winchester based on the W prefix.
British were looking for an alternative rifle design to the LEE ENFIELD, contracts were with US companies. Once the first war broke out Britain abandoned the project. Americans retooled to produce the P14 as the M17 in 30-06 for war production as they could not manufacture enough Springfield 1903, they also continued production of P14 for British/Canadian in 303.

A lot of your information is incorrect. The Americans were the only country to produce the "Rifle, .303 Pattern 1914" (P14), and none (save for a few prototypes) were ever manufactured by England, and certainly none from Canada. Pattern 14 rifles are chambered exclusively in .303 British while M1917 rifles are chambered exclusively in 30-06. Britain did not abandon the project by any stretch, they just contracted American firms to manufacture the rifle because England has little to no excess industrial capacity to produce the rifles. When the Americans entered the war in 1917 they immediately abandoned production of the Pattern 14 rifle and modified the design to work with 30-06, creating the formally named "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917", or simply the M1917 Enfield.

 

[points]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_1914_Enfield

 

[rmcda]

Thank you to one and all for taking the time to provide the information.

 

[7ECA]

I'd agree with the $150-200 value mentioned above, as a sporter there isn't a ton of interest in most milsurps - other than if they are all matching serial numbers and full length barrels as a restoration project. And, as a restoration project, they've got to be relatively cheap because the bits and pieces required to get her back to a military configuration are far from cheap (P14 reproduction wood sets and various parts run around $500). Once you've got her back to military spec. the value doesn't shoot up to original military configuration either...