sportier Remington P14
- Thread starter blista77
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Depends why you want it and what you want it FOR.
If you just want the best damned Moose rifle that money can buy, then it's worth $100 to $150.
Have a live .303 cartridge in your pocket when you look at the thing. Pop the SLUG into the muzzle of the rifle, see how far it goes in. If the brass casing stands out of the muzzle anything like a quarter of an inch (5 or 6mm for you poor metric folks), then you are looking at a barrel with VERY little wear..... and quite probably an excellent shooter.
MOST of these can be made to REALLY shoot. I mean 1 MOA if you can hold it, with good ammo.
If you want it for a war relic and a possible restoration candidate, you should be aware that "sportering" these poor things sometimes took a terrible toll on the original rifle. Google some pictures of original P-14s; that's what this one looked like when it was made. Good thing is that MOST of the "sporters" were really minimal jobs in that all that was done was the wood was cut away from the front of the rifle. These can be restored quite easily (only money required).
LOOK FOR:
1. a military band and wings (protector) for the front sight..... with about an INCH of barrel to the front of that.
2. the prominent "ears" over top of the Bolt should not be ground away.
If you have that much, you have a possible restoration rifle.
Until you get it restored, you ALSO have....... one of the BEST damned Moose rifles ever built.
You can SCOPE one for hunting with an S&K Insta-Mount which goes on quick and does NOT damage the original rifle. Just don't lose the rear sight!
Barrels on these things commonly lasted 12,000 rounds with hot, Cordite military ammo; this compares rather well with the 3,000-round barrel life of a US Springfield 1903. How many rounds one will take with careful handloads, I don't think anyone knows, but it's a LOT.
BTW, Remington P-14s were never common.... and they still aren't!
Good luck.
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If you just want the best damned Moose rifle that money can buy, then it's worth $100 to $150.
Have a live .303 cartridge in your pocket when you look at the thing. Pop the SLUG into the muzzle of the rifle, see how far it goes in. If the brass casing stands out of the muzzle anything like a quarter of an inch (5 or 6mm for you poor metric folks), then you are looking at a barrel with VERY little wear..... and quite probably an excellent shooter.
MOST of these can be made to REALLY shoot. I mean 1 MOA if you can hold it, with good ammo.
If you want it for a war relic and a possible restoration candidate, you should be aware that "sportering" these poor things sometimes took a terrible toll on the original rifle. Google some pictures of original P-14s; that's what this one looked like when it was made. Good thing is that MOST of the "sporters" were really minimal jobs in that all that was done was the wood was cut away from the front of the rifle. These can be restored quite easily (only money required).
LOOK FOR:
1. a military band and wings (protector) for the front sight..... with about an INCH of barrel to the front of that.
2. the prominent "ears" over top of the Bolt should not be ground away.
If you have that much, you have a possible restoration rifle.
Until you get it restored, you ALSO have....... one of the BEST damned Moose rifles ever built.
You can SCOPE one for hunting with an S&K Insta-Mount which goes on quick and does NOT damage the original rifle. Just don't lose the rear sight!
Barrels on these things commonly lasted 12,000 rounds with hot, Cordite military ammo; this compares rather well with the 3,000-round barrel life of a US Springfield 1903. How many rounds one will take with careful handloads, I don't think anyone knows, but it's a LOT.
BTW, Remington P-14s were never common.... and they still aren't!
Good luck.
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Yea, I think $100-150 is pretty low for an estimate. I've seen P14s with their ears ground down going for that price on the EE. I'm asking $250 for mine, and that's probably on the high end, but its in great shape and only the stock has been sportered; low serial # Winchester. Plus I love my P14, so I'm not dumping it for less than its worth.
well i just went and picked up the rife, its very nice gun i cant wait to shoot it, need to get some rounds for the old girl, the bore is very good shape and should be a good shooter, i ended up paying $150, and the guy was very nice and meet me half way( saved me a hour drive and me prob getting lost haha)
We were talking about guns and i happen to say i was looking for a k98 mauser, and he told me he just sold his all matching one to a friend for $250 he bought it from a vet for $50, well i ended up telling him how much there actually was worth he was surprise,
but what really surprise me is he going to be visited his friend next week and he going to give my number to the guy with the mauser and i might be able to trade or pick up the gun from him for a good price maybe around $300 i hope haha if not i still got a nice p14
We were talking about guns and i happen to say i was looking for a k98 mauser, and he told me he just sold his all matching one to a friend for $250 he bought it from a vet for $50, well i ended up telling him how much there actually was worth he was surprise,
but what really surprise me is he going to be visited his friend next week and he going to give my number to the guy with the mauser and i might be able to trade or pick up the gun from him for a good price maybe around $300 i hope haha if not i still got a nice p14
