Enfield P17 - sporterized (pics added)

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Hey guys, I have and old enfield p17 in 30-06 and im wondering what its worth.

It is in pretty good condition and shoots very well.

I have had the barrel recrowned and I installed a Timminey trigger. set around 4 lbs (the factory trigger was really bad but the timminey got rid of the creep)


Its got a very solid mauser style action and a bushnell banner scope on it. It holds MOA at 100 yards with 150gr nosler bt bullets over RL 19.



Im looking to fund another project, any insight would be very appreciated. If your interested in it pm me.


thanks in advance...


Alex
 
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I like the Enfield rifles, but unless its been rebuilt by a really talented rifle smith, it probably isn't worth a great deal. Depending on what's been done to it, and what kind of condition its in, it could be worth from $300 on up. Post some pictures.
 
I've got one in similar condition that I might be able to get $200 for if I wanted to sell it. It is currently my loaner.

Mine was also recrowned. I like the military two-stage trigger.
 
I bought a sporterized Enfield p17 w/ Bushnell, last year for $285. It had a new leather sling and new limbsaver on it. Fair overall condition, great bore. It shoots lights out. My first 5 rounds were 1.25" @ 100, with 4 on top each other.

I gave it to my bro-in-law for his first hunting rifle, and been kicking myself since.

I'll be keeping my eyes open....

My shooting buddy has his grandfathers p17, all original, and it's beautiful.
 
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I've got one in similar condition that I might be able to get $200 for if I wanted to sell it. It is currently my loaner.

Mine was also recrowned. I like the military two-stage trigger.
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I don't know if I would call the trigger 2 stage on mine, it was creepy and about 8 to 10 lbs I would say. Not ideal for doing load development. The Timney trigger was only about $50, at that time I just ordered it from the Jack First in th US by mail. In my opinion it made this gun shoot like a dream by comparison.
 
Now I wonder about the trigger in my sporter, it was ok. I'd guess 5 lbs. It looked original.
My buddies original condition p17, well sh!t, I had to use a come-along.
 
The P17 is one of the best Enfields IMHO.

Having said that I wouldn't pay more then $200 for an 97 year old Sporter rifle.
 
These can be very accurate rifles. Mine has a BSA logo on it, and came in a sporterized version. Dad bought it for me from the widow next door for $20 when I was about 12, circa 1966.

I once entered a turkey shoot with it (prior to customizing). Ten entrants in each event. I won both that I entered, first with score of 3X along with two others, but I had the tightest group. And second with a 27 out of 30 at 200 yards, with about a 20 mph crosswind. Don't mind saying that a lot of guys with some pretty fancy hardware compared to mine had their noses a tad bit out of joint. Heh!

Had it made over by Wilcox Gun many years back...

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springer - that's a nice looking gun you have there. My dad bought be me my p17 as well but that was only 8 years ago I think. My dads friend gave it to him, he said it didn't shoot straight. All it needed was a recrown. So he went back and gave the guy $60 for it.

I later put in the timney tigger.
 
I might list it on the EE at some point but I think I want to try and sell it locally first, then I will include brass and bullets in the deal maybe my reloads if they want them, not a super fast load but accurate or I could pull the bullets for them.
 
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springer - that's a nice looking gun you have there. My dad bought be me my p17 as well but that was only 8 years ago I think. My dads friend gave it to him, he said it didn't shoot straight. All it needed was a recrown. So he went back and gave the guy $60 for it.

I later put in the timney trigger.
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These reputedly have a very strong action, and I've been told one can turn 'em into just about any magnum caliber that will fit. When I say "sporterized" from BSA, essentially it was the original military stock with all the excess cut off, and the top of the action cleaned up for scope mounting. Dad smartened up the stock some more to make it respectable before he gave it to me. They do have a bit of disconcerting trait in that if the bolt isn't worked smartly, it will miss picking one up from the magazine. I'm told the reason for this is that the rifle was designed for .303 British with its rimmed case, and thus is appropriate width to accommodate. However, the 30.06 is rimless and thus it packs a bit tighter in the magazine. It takes a decent snap of the bolt to make sure the next round will always jump up to be picked up by the bolt. There apparently are feed kits in the market meant to solve this problem.

I replaced my trigger with a Dayton Traister, huge improvement over the military style two stage. Been a lot of years now since the last time I shot it, or carried it in the woods. Was so nice after the work done, made me feel lousy every time it got a little scratch.

Then a 25.06 came along one day at a gun show, and it became my prairie deer rifle...and a darn deadly one it was, too!
 
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Actually IIRC the box mag internals/sizing are one of the few less obvious differences (aside from bolt face) between the Pattern 14 and P17 rifles.

I had a list in my long lost notes of what parts are not interchangeable between both types of riles. Frank de Haas covers it in his book "Bolt Action Rifles", page #145.

Also if it's a nice non military stock is bump its value up to what others are suggesting but then again many may want the rifle without the scope and rings.
 
Check if under the scope bases there's a BSA roll stamp. If so, this means you have a BSA converted rifle.
 
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