A friend dropped over a few days ago and he was clutching a hessian bag of "stuff".

Most of it seemed to be P-14 parts, including a "sporterized" body and bolt. Body ears professionally machined of and the bolt-handle "straightened" and slightly swept back. Probably from the "golden" years of the mid / late 1950s. Nice blueing job.or was once.No barrel or stock.

He told me that there was other M-17 / P-14 stuff at his place, including a HEAVY "target" barrel for a P-14, with a very good bore, not the usual .3.3 sewer pipe look.

Next question was a bit of a surprise: How hard to convert to 7.62 x 54R?
, possibly using a modified Mosin Nagant magazine assembly?

I reckon he had been mulling this over for a while. So, here I am, tossing another log on the fire.