Baltic P-14 update

[Bruce_in_Oz]

I suspect that you cannot get five 7.62 x 54R cartridges in a standard P-14 mag. because they are somewhat fatter than the .303. Standard 7.62 x 54R ammo is a few thou SHORTER than Mk7 .303 Ball.

Also, the geometry of the guide surfaces in the receiver body was made for the .303 and is likely all wrong for the fatter cartridge. Maybe they modified the bodies but they only held four? Then there is the mag follower.

Using a Mosin Nagant mag allows five rounds to be loaded in the mag and fed almost independently of the original guide surfaces because it is feeding from the centre-line, not left and right. Some sort of feed control / stop would be handy.

It would be interesting to compare these guide surfaces in a P-13 (FAT and rimless cartridge), P-14 (smaller and rimmed) and the M-17 (mag can hold SIX), similar to the .303, but longer, rimless and less tapered.