Enfield P14 restoration

[louthepou]

Hi folks, I acquired this P14 a few months ago. Despite a rough exterior, the bore is fantastic, so I dealt with its issues. Fun detail, the forend is number-matched with the barreled action. The bolt, unfortunately, isn't.

A chunk was missing from the forend, and the exposed portion of the barrel at the front was pretty severely rusted. So I repaired the missing wood chunk and had to cold blue the barrel tip. Definitely not a museum piece, but a P14 ready to have fun at the range.


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Cold blue doesn't give a stellar result but it's a significant improvement over the rust-covered, pitted starting point.


Lou

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[AGB-1]

What brand of cold blue did you use? Thanks.AGB-1

[Tatanka]

You worked your magic again louthepou

[gtodan]

Nice! Did you know there are parts available for your volley sights?

[louthepou]

I used cold blue solution available here at my local "Canadian Tire" store, the brand is called "Outers"; worked rather well on a few other projects.

Re. volley sight parts: I do believe these can be found, although I never really put the time into it; I think it's quite a quest to get each required part, even if only a few are needed...

Lou