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The P 14 was originally a British design not English. McFarlane uses the M1917 Enfield as a detailed case study in rifle sporterizing. There is a very good book, of the 1960s but still available through (), "Introduction to Modern Gunsmithing", in which Harold E. Various after-market triggers and speedlock kits are available, but the safety shouldn't be replaced, as it is one of the best on any firearm.
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Many of these will require remodeling or replacement of the magazine box, but this is a simple sheet metal one, separate from the bottom metal. 30-06 family, but it is a good fit for the ordinary magnum case. I don't know how easy it is to make the larger bolt face of the P14 work with cartridges in the. steel to fit the hole, and welded on top of that. This only matters if you are sporterizing the rifle and need something you can screw a scope base to. If an Eddystone receiver doesn't show gasoline weeping from cracks after it is dried off (a test best applied after removal of the military barrel if you intend doing so), and if it drills for scope mounts with a wiry chip, it should be about as good metallurgically as any rifle of its time.Īll Eddystones and only some of the others have a large hole under the rear sight leaf, too deep to fill w ith weld without dimpling into the bolt way. But both of these are yes-or-no things, which affect a small minority of rifles. Others have burned steel, which is coarse-grained and soft. Some are glassy hard, difficult to drill, and prone to cracks in the receiver ring. There are two quite distinct defects in the metal. If you can post some photos of your rifle, including the markings, perhaps someone can tell you more.Įither a Winchester or Remington gives you a better chance of getting a good example than an Eddystone (which is indeed marked ERA) does.
#1917 ENFIELD EDDYSTONE SERIAL NUMBER CODE#
You've lost me on the "Rem's letter code." I know that Remington uses a letter code to indicate year of manufacture on modern sporting arms, but am unaware of their use in the WW I time period. Vt., perhaps on the side or beneath the barrel near the muzzle. that indicates that it was imported by a surplus arms dealer, and if you examine the rifle closely you may well find who the dealer was.
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I have never seen one marked "R/E" but everything is possible. It is my understanding that those actually made in the Remington plant have no letter in front of the number.
#1917 ENFIELD EDDYSTONE SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBERS#
On mine the serial numbers are preceded by a letter, such as E123456 and W123456. I own three P-14s, two manufactured by Eddystone and one by Winchester. entered WW I they redesigned the rifle slightly and took over production. The P-14 was originally an English design designated to replace the Lee Enfield rifle. Although a P-14 looks a great deal like a Model of 1917, they are not quite the same rifle. You can read up on P-14s and 1917s in any of a number of books that deal with comprehensive histories of military rifles, such as W.H.B.