Thread: My mate has bought a Service Rifle, bugger!

Originally Posted by Longranger

Yes it is fully wooded but has a fat bulge just forward and around the magazine well

Did I read somewhere that some late P14s were issued in 308? If not, per @Gillie post above, it would not qualify as its not the original calibre.

Originally Posted by Jhon

Did I read somewhere that some late P14s were issued in 308? If not, per @Gillie post above, it would not qualify as its not the original calibre.

I doubt it, certainly not in the British or Commonwealth armies.
The P14 production history was very short, just around the 1st World War.
You may be thinking of its cousin the M17 in 30-06 which the Yanks copied the P14 to produce for use in WW1.

However the action has been used due to its great strength (well, generally Winchester ones) for custom builds in some pretty powerful magnums.

But, my first fullbore rifle at the change from 303 to 7.62 was a rebarreled P14 (Winchester) using an Omark blank.
That one I converted to cock on opening and fitted a Dayton Traister trigger. It shot very well.

I still have another P14, long unused, reballered with a Schultz and Larsen barrel blank in 7.62 for range use.
It has had a plate tig welded on the underside of the action so is only single shot. It has a NZ made match trigger fitted.