Thread: bolt failure P14

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

oh well...find a new donor action to fit the barrel to....you got away with it without major injury...to some extent the rifles action "failed sucessfully"...Ive read elsewhere about the metal being suss on some of the older mauser actions,particularly if they have been played with....will watch this with interest to see what the gurus have to say.

its a bsa sportered P14 ex .303 was rechambered by gunsmith and done right.