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luv2safari
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Project 458 Win...
      #11108 - 07/03/04 02:13 PM

I picked up a 1914 Enfield, re-barreled to 458 Win the other day. It is still in the white, has a massive front sight installed, and is full military at the receiver. It came with 50 virgin Winchester brass and a set of loading dies...all for a whopping $100.00.

It shoots like a champ and feeds properly. I don't want to get burried in the gun but would like to make something useful out of it.

Any suggestions as to a course to steer? Who does decent metal work on these at reasonable rates? I will probably have a Rem 700 contour done on the receiver...???...any better suggestions, as I have not been involved with a 14/17 conversion as yet. How about 458 Lott chambering? I bought a long magazine box from Numrich, just in case.

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Re: Project 458 Win... [Re: luv2safari]
      #11113 - 07/03/04 04:09 PM

Nothing wrong with the 458 WinMag with the proper loads. Isn't the action a little long for the WinMag? The Lott would be a nice easy job to do. Just get a reamer and your bottom metal. How about a 450 Rigby? Then you could push 550 gr and 600 gr bullets at critters at about 2100-2200. Just food for thought. If you do the right job, I may like so much that I may try to pry it out of your hands. :c ool:

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Re: Project 458 Win... [Re: luv2safari]
      #11114 - 07/03/04 04:23 PM

Good Lord- Feeds properly and only a 100 bucks.Find me some deals like that.I'd make it a Lott, as that case works great
in Enfield..Ed

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475Guy
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Re: Project 458 Win... [Re: hubel458]
      #11115 - 07/03/04 04:31 PM

Ed, considering the stuff you're working on, wouldn't that a small bore to you?

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Re: Project 458 Win... [Re: hubel458]
      #11133 - 08/03/04 05:15 AM

A friend of mine owns a pawn shop...that's where this came from. He recently sold me a pre 64 Win Mdl 70 transition era gun in '06 with a Lyman Alaskan that looked pretty scruffy...the scope is about 97%...! The stock was a throw away, but the metal cleaned up to 95% with about an hour's work and some light applications of cold blue in a couple of small spots. The stock was a throw away, but I had a decent cast off in the closet...price of everything...$200.00! It cuts a ragged hole with my 200 gr Nosler loading.

I KNOW how to pick MY friends!

This Enfield will be a future project. My current is having my pop's old pre 64 30-06 with the dog knot right under the front of the front sight (left there the very last time my dad could still deer hunt...snow in the barrel)re-barreled and re-worked to 375 H&H by Dennis Olson in plains, MT.

A pretty decent old fart of a Texas cowboy from Filer, ID. gave me a good buddy deal on the pre 64 Mdl 70 375 H&H barrel!
I just want to thank him...!

I'm also having a 1909 Argentine in 30-06 re-bored and chambered to 9,3x62. I got a WHALE of a deal on a shaped and 95% inletted Fajen European Classic Mauser Series 3 F14 barrel channel stock from Midway USA for $33.70...with Neidner type butt plate and grip cap...had to have two for the price. I'll dump the 9,3 into one and an '09 Argentine action 257 AK I have sitting around somewhere into the other.

What is the best top contour for the Enfield 14? I don't want to put much money in it, and will use something like the Leupold Weaver based QD scope mounts and a 1x4 VXII or 1.5x Burris I have stashed. I am open to suggestions from those who are more familiar with converting Enfields. Is there much involved in the Dayton Traister conversion, also?

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