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I would agree with everything you have mentioned Daryl with one problem. I have a brand new Ron Smith gain twist chambered in 45-90 spun on a p-14 and have yet to pull the trigger as we can't get it to reliably feed. Been monkeying with it for a long time and I am growing tired of waiting. My gunsmithing buddy has a good #4 action sitting there and I know they have been successfully converted to 45-70 and some to 45-90(rumor perhaps). I would much sooner leave it on the p-14 but we can't get the cases to stop nosediving in the mag. Have tried playing with other mags with same result.

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The P14 was notorious for feeding irregularities even in .303, and I owned some that required action mods even for that cartridge.

The mags between the P14 and the Lee-Enfield series are so totally different as to be wholly incomparable.

The correct basic nomenclature for the Lee-Enfield series is No 1 {MK1, MKIII, etc} and No. 4 {MKi, MKI*, etc, the beefed-up 1930's modified action as used in many WW2 guns} and No. 5 {"Jungle Carbine"}.

After the "Mark" to "Number" revision the P14 became the "No 3". A LEE-ENFIELD "#3" is actually a "No. 1 MKIII".

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