"X" marked P-14 receiver

[Doug Rammel]

Calfed

I have 3 P-14's and they all have that mark. If the bore looks as good as the metal in the pics you should snap it up.

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[Calfed]

I was never able to resolve what the "X" signified and let it go.

[Pattern14]

Russians tended to slap shellac all over their captured German stocks and if this was a Russian capture I see no reason why they wouldn't do it to this rifle. My P14 has the same mark although smaller and I'm almost certain no Russian armourer ever had his hands on it especially with the green paint on the underside of the barrel. Amatikulu is probably correct- it's a sloppy version of an asterisk and probably has the same X or the proper asterisk on the bolt and stock and is an upgraded version of the rifle.

[A square 10]

i believe "Amatikulu is probably correct-" i think you passed on a good one , but i dont know the particulars so it may well have been a good choice

[S-A-M3]

There are 2 models of P14 made, No3 Mk1 and No3 Mk1*. The Mk1*`s have a * on the top of the barrel ring and on the top of the bolt handle. The difference between the 2 models is that the Mk1* has a slightly longer[few thou] left hand bolt lug,this can be seem by comparing the bolt faces [front of the lug]. Can`t remember why this was done,but i think this is explained better in one of Skennertons books.The upshot of this is a Mk1 bolt will fit a Mk1* action,but a Mk1* bolt will not close in a Mk1 action. Stuart.

[Patrick Chadwick]

The difference between the 2 models is that the Mk1* has a slightly longer[few thou] left hand bolt lug,

Actually, according to Stratton, it's a full 0.10". See British Enfield Rifles vol. 4, P. 58. Fig. 3.3. Done to strengthen the lug, so definitely not a few thou!

Patrick

[old crow]

Incomplete strike of penants or sold-out-of-service but SOoS stamp is typically two opposing arrows, one type of which looks like an "X" with a horizontal line through its center-point, actually representing two arrows, point to point.