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    Don't do it!

    I regret that I am going to express a considered opinion that you may find goes completely counter to your stated intention, but there is good reasoning behind it. No offence of any kind is intended.

    So what are you going to do with a P14 receiver by itself?
    You need a complete P14 bolt assembly and a P14 (or maybe M1917) trigger assembly.
    And the bolt catch as well.
    And magazine? Or were you just interested in a single-shot?
    For a repeater you need the magazine + floor plate/trigger guard for the P14.
    The cut-out in the P14 receiver will not take much more than the .303 for which it was intended.
    What kind of barrel. A P14 barrel? Or an M1917 barrel could be fitted - but the 30-06 cartridges will not fit properly into the P14 magazine And the M1917 magazine will not fit into the P14 receiver cut-out.

    Those parts are worth more to someone doing a serious recovery job on a damaged or rusted P14 than they can ever be as part of yet another sporterized mishmash. You would be misusing parts that have an increasing rarity value in order to make something commonplace. Neither I nor, probably, the majority of contributors to these forums think that sort of thing is a good idea.

    You get the hint? I really think it is not a good idea. Sell your P14 parts on this forum to someone who will be able to make better use of them, and get yourself whatever it is you really want.

    But that is, of course, just my opinion!
    Last edited by Patrick Chadwick; 11-29-2010 at 03:13 PM.

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