Pattern 14 subject to cracked barrels??

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Those are good ones on me. It's amazing what myths are founded over several mugs of cold beers. LOL! I notice how wild the claims get as the number mugs of beer drank increases. LOL! Square threads are pretty much an American thing and some foreign gunsmiths may not see them as much as an an American Gunsmith. I don't know about special barrel blanks as they are manufactured in different sizes, bore diameters and lengths. I do not see where a P14 or M1917 barrel would be any difference as gunsmiths have been using these actions for custom rifles for years. The only issue that I have personally seen is the indexing on the P14 barrels by all three manufacturers are different and requires paying attention to detail. But barrels are available from Criterion for both rifles. Replacing the P14 with a M1917 striker has me a bit perplexed. The only reason the US went to the "Springfield type" firing pin was the lack of quality .30-06 ammunition in WWI. If the firing pin for the P14 was broken, a M1917 firing pin (striker) can be turned down to fit the P14 which the Brits did to P14s in WWII. The only time I have seen the barrels on the M1917 and P14 split is from an obstruction in the barrel usually a cleaning patch. I have seen military barrels re-chambered to .300 Winchester Magnum with no problems.

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[Chuckindenver]

have yet to have to cut a shoulder on a 17 or 14. Criterion makes a nice P14 barrel, i have installed many of them without any issues..
never seen a cracked barrel, have seen several cracked receivers, all from damage other the crush pressure.
most likely using primitive tools to remove and install, or using the right tools incorrectly