British P-14

This may be the wrong forum but here goes:

I have a Winchester mfg P-14 in Good-VG condition. It is mostly original including the bbl but has an Eddystone P-14 stock. The barrel is frosted from corrosive ammo. I am familiar with the US M1917s but not the P-14s. Any ideas on the value? Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Applecart

This may be the wrong forum but here goes:

I have a Winchester mfg P-14 in Good-VG condition. It is mostly original including the bbl but has an Eddystone P-14 stock. The barrel is frosted from corrosive ammo. I am familiar with the US M1917s but not the P-14s. Any ideas on the value? Thanks.

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Applecart,

your right about the wrong forum,stay with Milsurps but look under, M1917 and Pattern 1913/1914 Rifles

Regarding the question, in the UK they sell for around £300 - £400 average condition, a lot of P14,s in the UK were rebuilt as target rifles, and rebarreled to 7.62mm.

The 7.62mm P-14 rifle barrels have enough meat on them and quality of steel to be turned down to No4 or 5 spec. without recourse to sleeving the breeching thread. My friend is just about to turn one down to convert his shot out No5 into something useable and cheap-ish to run again.

Anyone else tried this. It's cheaper that using up a 7.62mm L4 barrel which are getting hard to get now

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Originally Posted by Peter Laidler

The 7.62mm P-14 rifle barrels have enough meat on them and quality of steel to be turned down to No4 or 5 spec. without recourse to sleeving the breeching thread. My friend is just about to turn one down to convert his shot out No5 into something useable and cheap-ish to run again.

Anyone else tried this. It's cheaper that using up a 7.62mm L4 barrel which are getting hard to get now

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Not yet but its on the cards, If its any interest to any one, I converted a mauser barrel few weeks back to use in my No1 MkV ( it is now chambered in .30 M1 Carbine) see Link below , page 2 part 5. needs some time to load lots of pics etc.

SMLE No1 MkV Restoration (Part's 1 thru 5)

I'm about to do it with an M17 barrel from a target rifle that was otherwise rendered useless. Barrel is great, and will soon adorn a cut down wood, heavy barreled No4 range rifle. L42 inspired... I'll post as I get to it...

Thanks for the info.