Bsa p14

[mausernut]

Like I said it was bought for a build but shoots too well to do anything with so I'll just use it for hunting,

[harry mac]

Looking at the rifle, you seem to have a BSA Mod D. BSA bought pallet loads of P14 and M1917 at the post WW2 disposal sales at a knock down price.
They were then built into sporting rifles of various grades starting with the Mod A and going up to Mod E. The rifles were available chambered for 30-06, 303 and 270 Win.
My own example is a Mod E in .303 calibre, it has had the rearsight and housing removed and the receiver reprofiled, drilled and tapped. It has a new, sporting profile barrel, a new sporting stock and high quality blued finish.
It's filled my freezer a few times.
The two holes on the right side of the receiver, just in front of the bolt handle are for a Lyman aperture sight.

[RCS]

BSA also used Enfield P-14 actions for their .26 cal and 33 cal rimless belted nitro express cartridges starting in 1921.

the 26 BSA fired a 110 SP bullet at 3100 fps

the 33 BSA fired a 165 SP bullet at 3000 fps

these rifles were only made for a few years

[Mk VII]

[harry mac]

Thanks for posting that MkVII. It looks like mine's a Mod D, and not an E.

[mausernut]

Thanks for all the info

[Surpmil]

A great many of those early ERA rifles were condemned as EY only. Saw a video of one being lovingly refinished recently. Something to do with the heat treating of the actions perhaps? There was a story posted online years ago about how the piece-work paid workers found they could do the forging in two heats instead of three if they heated the forgings to a white heat. Supposedly when some pond was drained at the factory, hundreds of ruined receivers were found at the bottom. We know from IDS that the British Inspectorate wanted to reject a lot more than they did, but were told to accept it anyway for business and political reasons. Even the AEF said "send no more Winchesters" to France in 1918 due to non-interchangeable parts.