I have always wondered what a shortened P14 would handle like.
In stock trim they are quite a long heavy rifle. So i've kept my eye open for a mixmaster that I could suitably chop. One came up the other day at a Timaru swap meet and a friend of a friend picked it up for me. The stock was aftermarket with quite alot of shaping left to do along with some bad mistakes to remedy. The bolt/action was a mismatch but had a good bore.
Desert Guns did a beauty job of trimming the barrel with a suitable crown and I did the rest. Shes about an inch shorter than a SMLE or K98.
Handy wee carbine now -i believe his is what they did to a whole batch for the Chinese during WW2, but unlike mine they shortened the butt too.
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