P14 thread size

[yumastepside]

Can anyone tell me the pitch or thread size of the screw that holds the rear sight spring on a Remington P14, the one under the rear ladder sight?

Roger

[fjruple]

Roger-- Diameter of threads inch .144 Number of threads per inch 37. From the Armour's addendum for the Pattern 1914.

--fjruple

[yumastepside]

Thanks, I have that information already but what I can't find is a standard thread, its not BA or BSF.....surely they wouldn't use some obscure thread pitch.....how do I get a screw to replace it??

Roger

[oldfoneguy]

Thanks, I have that information already but what I can't find is a standard thread, its not BA or BSF.....surely they wouldn't use some obscure thread pitch.....how do I get a screw to replace it??

Roger

Numrich has them for $2.75. Go to gunpartscorp.com look up Enfield in manufacturers then P14, there's a parts schematic it's part number 37 on page 3.

[Mk VII]

They did indeed use the gunmakers specials - probably one of the reasons why it took so long to get production up and running.

[yumastepside]

Thank you gentlemen, for your replies and the information.

cheers

Roger

[22SqnRAE]

its not BA or BSF.....surely they wouldn't use some obscure thread pitch...

Well, that's just one facet of understanding Enfields. Some words that you immediately lose from your vocabulary are: "always" and "never"

Welcome to the curious and confusing world of Enfield study!

[Potashminer]

I have several of those rifles here - had the same question - a 4BA cap screws turned in snugly, with fingers, all the way through - at least it did on the two I tried. Nominal dimensions of 4BA is .142-ish x 38 1/2-ish tpi, I think, so not so different that my fingers could tell. No clue what the +/- tolerances for screws and taps were. Dimensions shown come from Wikipedia - they use more decimal places... Without digging further, I do believe there was an "Enfield" series of screws - unique dimensions and thread counts, perhaps originally for or from Enfield's armoury, which, of course, is where the P13/P14 machinery came from, before being relocated to USA..