P-14 actions

303carbine said:
No , it's a new in the grease Winchester P-14.........:dancingbanana:
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WHAT, if you want an action to sporterise, I will swap you one of mine ready to be sent to a gunsmith. I have three. Let me know, but, PLEASE do not destroy a fully stock militry Patt' 1914. PLEASE!
 
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Winchester P-14

After looking at the options for a build up and found them to be too "intrusive" on the rifles originality, I have decided not to bugger it up and enjoy it as a .303
The hacksaw and blowtorch belong in the sks camp.......:D
 
303carbine said:
After looking at the options for a build up and found them to be too "intrusive" on the rifles originality, I have decided not to bugger it up and enjoy it as a .303
The hacksaw and blowtorch belong in the sks camp.......:D
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Very good choice, enjoy the full stock militry and if you want one to sporterise, send me a PM sometime. I have a sporterised P14 with a shot out barrel. I am keeping it for a 'rainy day' project.
 
TimC said:
I have 10 recievers sat in a dealers box near Birmingham that Ihave no use for!
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Put them on the EE.

HGowever I do not know what the proceedure is for importing them into Canada would be. Perhaps someone else can elucidate this.
 
You will need to do a fair amount of work to the receiver rail area to get magnum rounds to feed.Numrich Gun Parts has a magnum magazine box that will work on a P14.Bolt face is correct for standard magnum rounds.
 
guntech said:
Well you did say "easiest". :D

If it is NOT an Eddystone action then I would say you can make just about any magnum you want. The 300 Win Mag is an excellent 30 cal mag. If it is an Eddystone I wouldn't do anything with it.
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Dennis, explain your distaste for the Eddystone?

I've built 2 magnums on Eddystone actions a 300 win and a 375 H&H

Never a problem with either one?
 
There have been unsubstantiated (in my opinion) rumours of poorly heat treared actions from this plant. The plant set up in a loco works was run bty Remington and overseen by Govt inspectors. This is not the only story of "poorly heat treated recievers" doing the rounds. there are a few about the earlo springfield )3 actions. The only one i have seen in print which no one has challenged is the Bannerman rifles shipped to the UK in 1940.
 
TimC said:
There have been unsubstantiated (in my opinion) rumours of poorly heat treared actions from this plant. The plant set up in a loco works was run bty Remington and overseen by Govt inspectors. This is not the only story of "poorly heat treated recievers" doing the rounds. there are a few about the earlo springfield )3 actions. The only one i have seen in print which no one has challenged is the Bannerman rifles shipped to the UK in 1940.
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I also, only heard rumor and 1 actual episode were one receiver cracked
this crack usually happened when trying to remove the barrel which was screwed on very tight
this is remedied by making a relief cut just in front of the receiver
the receivers were quite hard and would crack under the stress of removal
but I hardly see it as a reason to disregard them completely
 
Ma Parker (AJ Parker) Birmingham had the last threads buggered with a file when they were rebarreled to stop them being removed and they were "torqued on" using a big wrench/spanner with a scaffold putlock as a levering bar. Those would crack when barrels were removed but then she could charge you more for a replacement!
 
Dont know, never been unlucky enough to crack one or have one crack whilst being changed, always got a good gunsmith to change them preferrably an ex REME armourer who would have worked on them!
 
Camk said:
Dennis, explain your distaste for the Eddystone?

I've built 2 magnums on Eddystone actions a 300 win and a 375 H&H

Never a problem with either one?
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Eddystone actions are extremely hard, almost to the point of brittle. Back in 1966-67 while attending gunsmithing school one of the projects we were required to do, was use a military action and sporterize it. At that time were were taught about the three makes of P14's-17's.... and told that the Eddystones were best left in the original caliber because of the hardness, that some re-heat treatment had been experimented with but for all practical purposes work the Remingtons and the Winchesters and leave the Eddystones original. After drilling and tapping a few of them one realizes how hard they are. Obviously if one is shooting a magnum on an Eddystone it hasn't blown up yet.... :D Hopefully it never does. .. but because of the extreme hardness and the difficulty in working an Eddystone, my personal experience and the warnings from gunsmithing school, I advise against altering Eddystones. There are enough Winchester and Remingtons out there. Just my thoughts...
 
Low pressure or not, it'll have extreme bolt thrust due to the sheer case head diameter. Not ALL eddy's are bad, my 338WM is built on an eddy
 
P14 Eddystone

I hope to have mine at the Lloydminister gun show. Waiting for barrel. It will be .405 Winchester.:D

I made one into a 8.59 gallaxy for a customer. Is still working fine.
 
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