P-14 Rifle

[A square 10]

"ERA actually means "Eddystone Remington Arms". Remington ran the Eddystone plant."

actualy thats not quite true , the remington plant was owned and operated by a diferant division of remington than that which set up the eddystone , they opperatyed totaly independent of each other and autonimous as to management ,

JISII - nice rifle , and the sling is properly installed as well as correct ...........sorry , had to make that point as too often they are not ,


"I'm willing to take a whipping for the US M1 sling on LMD's P14. I knew better,
But its a girls rifle and she wouldnt know the difference"

no whipping needed , its a decent sling - maybe better than the brits - slap me for that please , i only pointed it out that she might look for a proper one eventualy as she seemed intent on 'knowing' her rifle , id not flame anyone on such , especialy since i once went looking for a rifle for my proper and very nice sling i found , who knopws perhaps her next one will be an M1garand ?

as long as im back here -
winchester M1917
remington M1917
eddystone P1914




and now i think she may want to seek out the pointy bit as well ?

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[jisii]

Very nice collection A Square! For anyone interested, My P14 shoots EXCEPTIONALLY well with my handloads, Winchester brass, 174 Gr. Hornady FMJ-BT with 40 Gr. IMR 4064. With this load, it shoots to point of aim at 100 yards using the battle sight with the rear leaf in the folded position

[LMDawson]

Nice rifles. Thank you for the information A square 10. Any information is always helpful in getting to know ones rifle. I did get to shoot her this weekend and she shoots very well. Eventually I would like to get the proper sling for her, but the one cary m2a let me use actually looks good on her And some time in the future a "pointy bit" will be in order to dress her up. As for the M1 Garand I also got to shoot one this weekend and I have been looking at them, and will hopefully get one someday.

Best Regards
Lisa

[A square 10]

thanks , i actualy recently traded my remington for an 1888 mkIV martini conversion , but ill use the photo till i get around to a new one ,

oh and i wanted to add this for lisa - a few added accessories that one can pick up as they are found , the cleaning kit for the buttrap - brass would be most correct for original period of production but the bake-a-lite version would have been common in wwII use

[John Sukey (Deceased)]

Unfortunately the book on your rifle is out of print.
The U.S. Enfield
by Skennerton.
It covers ALL the markings, parts, and the accessories.of the P14 and the M1917

[John Sukey (Deceased)]

Update.
Go to Lee Enfield SMLE specialist Ian Skennerton and order S.A.I.S #10
(Small Arms Identification Series)
.303 Rifle No3
P1914 & Sniping Variants
$9.95
You can hardly go wrong for that price. and the information is well worth it (including markings)

[LMDawson]

Thank you gentlemen for all of your help. I can't wait to get the book and look for other accessories for her. She has really helped me learn alot about the history of both WWI and WWII.
Best Regards
Lisa

[LMDawson]

I ordered my books today from the Skennerton web site. They also still have The Broad Arrow in stock, but not in hard cover. But at the moment you can't use their check out on the web page. But it was easy to call the gentlemen and I just mailed him the payment today. I will be very excited to get them and learn more about my Pattern 14.

Best Regards
Lisa

[John Sukey (Deceased)]

I ordered my books today from the Skennerton web site. They also still have The Broad Arrow in stock, but not in hard cover. But at the moment you can't use their check out on the web page. But it was easy to call the gentlemen and I just mailed him the payment today. I will be very excited to get them and learn more about my Pattern 14.

Best Regards
Lisa

The "broad arrow" came in hard cover??? I have just about worn the printing off the pages of mine! Just kidding

[Mk VII]

Survivors from U-379 landing from HMS Dianthus at Liverpool, August 1942. Censor has ordered deletion of identifying detail.