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Judson
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Re: Actions for the big stuff
      29/10/05 07:52 AM

OK!!! Here we go!!! The P-14, P-17 Enfields are one of my favorite actions and probably the most over looked due to the amount of work needed to clean them up and make them purdy. Since they were only made for a few years for both the British and the U.S., (P-14 chambered in 303 and the P-17 in 3006 for the U.S.) the pristeen ones should probably be left origional for the collectors. Besides there are plenty of butcher jobs out there for dirt cheep prices.
All of the P series Enfields are goog even the Eddystone. The stories of cracked recievers is usually from improper removal of the barrel. To check the action for cracks hang it from a piece of string or wire and tap it with some thing hard. If it rings and does not sound dull all should be fine. On the Eddystones there are a couple of things to know. First they are cheep, second they are the toughest both strength wise and cutting wise.
My .366 DGW is on one of these actions and it is great.
Weather you use a P-14 or aP-17 action if you are building a magnum use a P-14 bolt and you do not need a counter bore any more or extractor cut and thus give the case head a bit more suport.
I usually cut off the ears and contour the rear reciever bridge to either model 70 or usually 98 Mauser dementions as far as the difference in height goes. Some Enfields have a oblong hole under the rear sight. This should be filled with a steel plug welded into place. This is a good job for either a TIG or MIG welder as using the old oxi torch can put enough heat into the receiver to warp it some. One other solution is to make a plug and a bridge for the front ring and end up with some thing like a double square bridge mauser. ( more about that in the future.)
In these two pictures you will see a "junker" which is how my .366 started and what can be done. The finished rifle is my .366

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* Actions for the big stuff Judson 28/10/05 08:54 AM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff bulldog563   23/11/05 01:01 PM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff mehulkamdar   28/10/05 03:27 PM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff Raff   29/10/05 12:34 AM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff Judson   29/10/05 07:52 AM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff Gibbs505   29/10/05 01:25 PM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff Gibbs505   29/10/05 03:13 PM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff Marrakai   30/10/05 01:49 PM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff Judson   31/10/05 12:05 PM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff Gibbs505   31/10/05 04:46 PM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff Gibbs505   30/10/05 04:42 PM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff Judson   31/10/05 11:52 AM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff deant   01/11/05 12:50 AM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff Judson   01/11/05 12:11 PM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff deant   02/11/05 10:13 AM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff Judson   04/11/05 11:09 AM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff Ndumo   23/11/05 07:29 AM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff 500Nitro   23/11/05 07:36 AM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff tony577   28/10/05 12:37 PM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff banzaibird   28/10/05 12:53 PM
. * * Re: Actions for the big stuff JPeterson   28/10/05 10:42 AM
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