P14 success

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On the shore of beautiful Lake Gaston in North Car
Some time ago I bought a DP P14 with the thought I would bring it back to operational condition with the purchase of a barrel and some judicious woodwork. After trying to find a barrel for almost three years I was pretty much discouraged and was thinking that I would sell the thing and be done with it. Then I found a bubbaized P14 on Gunbroker, bid on it and won. When it arrived I was pleasantly surprised to find that the metal was nearly pristine and that all the numbers matched. There was even cosmoline hidden in the nooks and crannies. The bore is shiny and in excellent condition with sharp edges on the rifling. So the work began and now it is finished. Another old war horse has been restored to its former glory. It would have been easier if I were a Canadian but being from the lower 48, bits and pieces for P14s are in woefully short supply. The bubba stock had been cut off just forward of the front sling band and my DP stock donated the its forward section so that I could join the two pieces under the band for an invisible repair. I used a simple butt joint reinforced by a section of doweling inserted into holes drilled into both pieces of stock. Even looking at the bare stock it is hard to see the repair. The grain pattern is a very lucky and fine match. I am a happy puppy. Now to see if it will shoot. BTW if any members happen to have the volley sight bits please get in touch with me as that would make this rifle really complete:p
 
You got a P14 off of Gunbroker, how did you manage that ? Nearly every seller that I find on there that sells 1899 + dated rifles refuses to entertain any Canadian bidding.

Glad to hear you are bringing your P14 back into the light. Just be careful, DP marked rifles were marked as such for some reason or another by an armorer. There may be a crack in the metal that you cannot see for instance. I would advise allowing a gun smith to check over the final product to make sure she is safe.
 
Thanks for the advice re: DP rifles. Actually the only metal from the DP piece was the odd bit of furniture ie nose piece and front band. Also you must have missed the sentence about me being in the lower 48!! BTW, congrats on the results of the election. Now if your Tories will just keep their word. Oh, I have taken the ruined barrel off the receiver and will be selling the receiver and a few other bits, and yes I will disclose the fact that it's a DP piece. The remains of the DP stock will go in to my save bin for use in future projects.:D
 
The P 14's that Century Arms brought out of India had only one issue;a hole drilled through the barrel in front of the receiver and a steel rod tack welded in place blocking the chamber.The rifles were servicable with like new bores when they were DP'd.
 
Yes pictures would be awsome. As for the volley sights, you wouldn't have to put them on. After WWI the volly sights were removed from all British rifles. If yours has the rear one, you can just replace it with a washer of similar thickness; that is all that the armourers did post war.

I would like to mention that it is nice to see lots of people restoring military rifles that bubba got a hold of. Right now I have 2 P17's on the workbench that I am restoring (one is a sporter that needs a new stock, the other just needs handguards and bands), and am looking at picking up a project P14, to go with P14 stock set that I have.
 
How it shoots

I got a chance to shoot the P14 and it is truly a sweet shooting piece! There is considerably less recoil than I get from my 03A3. I shot some surplus ball and some PRVI and with the latter and not taking much time I was able to put 3 rounds into about 3 inches at 100 yds. I just bought another 40 rounds of PRVI hunting ammo and am looking forward to deer season this fall. I just can't get over how nicely the thing shoots.
 
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