New Remington Pattern 14 - PICS

[Kiwi]

Does anyone recognize this faint marking near the stock disc?

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Its a indian army unit/armourers marking. See them bit on ex indian rifle stocks.

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[thrawnformbi]

Its a indian army unit/armourers marking. See them bit on ex indian rifle stocks.

Cheers Kiwi! It did remind me of the S^A stamp I've seen on Ishapore 2a's. Looks like it was checked over in 62. The barrel is marked '16 yet shows very very little use so maybe I got lucky with how it was treated over there. Coming from a month of cleaning out a horrendous Ishapore bore, this surprised me.

Another question for you all. Was it common for P14's to have a mismatched makers between bolt and receiver. My receiver/barrel is a Remington but the bolt is marked E for Eddystone. I understand there were all sorts of interchangeability issues so just wanted to make sure this was an appropriate swap so long as headspace checks out.

Now to find a 303 Field gauge....

[thrawnformbi]

Im curious if a bolt should close on a spent casing. I took a 303 shell and fit into the chamber and tried to close the bolt but it wont budge. Is there something about a casing without the bullet that makes a bolt unable to close on it?

[thrawnformbi]

So broker her down and meticulously cleaned her of dirt, cosmoline, and various other cruds. Stripped the lacquer, pulled the oil out of the stock, and spent a few days rehydrating the stock with a 50/50 turpentine RLO mix. The bolt had been put back together incorrectly so the extractor claw wouldn't bend making it impossible to chamber or extract a round. Fixed that issue and she cycles very well. She's a lovely rifle even with her flaws and I dont regret the $550 she cost me. Off to the cornfield now to see how she shoots. Will report back. Cheers for all your help gents!

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