British Pattern 1914 Remington low serial number 00902

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I seem to recall reading that the P14 at first did not have interchangeable parts, would this have been one of those rifles (and without a * on the receiver would it still be one of those rifles?).

Eaglelord-- The P14 never really achieved any compatibility of parts between the three manufacturers without some degree of hand fitting. The meaning of the * on the P14 denotes that it is a MKI* which has a larger locking lug on the bolt and the barrel has a recess machined to take the MKI* bolt. A MKI bolt will fit a MKI* rifle but a MKI* bolt will not fit the MKI rifle. Remington and Eddystone rather quickly adopted the MKI* bolt and barrel. Winchester took their time to impliment the MKI* mods. I have a Winchester well into the 100,000 range without the MKI* mods.