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Worth a cracking but I have a sneaking suspicion I have asked him previously. Probably from the same thinking as you

Not any to rent Bob here in NZ. Tried a contact someone gave me on this forum for a guy in OZ, but never heard back. Got some good gunsmiths locally it's just the reamer.

Maybe find a 270 with a toasted barrel and debarred it with a fast twist. Then you almost have both if you really felt like it

I probably should finish my P14 project. A P14 BSA sporter (rear sight gone and d/t'd for scope bases with a 308 target barrel, some P17 magazine bits etc. Timney and Canjar trigger although the cancer is more if a target type. Need a proper stock. Would like to make it a 300HH but readers are...

They are like mopeds/scooters. Fun to ride until your friends find.out

Happy to stand corrected. Yes agreed the No4 is the way to go for a 4570 but I was pretty positve that had been done on the no1s as well. Definitely didn't known the 5s were that much weaker than the 4s. I will defer to Sarg as he is a 303 guru as far as I'm concerned

Don't be. It is what it is. Nice to see what's out there

A slightly longer magazine box from a P17 helps.

Wish I saw stuff like that here. I'm sure there is but not a lot that comes up for sale.

So some handloading to get optimum speeds without massive muzzle blast is required

270, 303 (soft spot). 7x57, 8x57 and 3006. Why so much money? You could pick up a worn out parker hale and get it rebarreled and bedded and have it shooting thumbtacks at a hundy. A couple of years back I got a tidy little sporterised czech mauser 8x57 with a stepped barrel, dies and burris...

Yup. That's the mauser type. Close enough I think enfield had to pay royalties or such to Mauser. A good one can handle pretty much anything. The side lug types especially the no4/5s can handle things like 45/70 and I there is such a thing as 375x 2 1/2. A 303 blown out to 375. Meant to be...

Wouldn't that be the mauser type P14/P17 type enfields, not the side locking lug types?

Excellent

hey @Sarg merry xmas. very interested to see the project that ended up with that sight I traded with you.

I too have a 700 in 416 Rem. From the serial number, it came out not long after they came out, and I bought it maybe about 96? bugger all load development done as i wasn't paying the outrageous prices for 400gr projectiles to hunt deer here in NZ until I made it Africa. Hint, sadly, I still...

i saw a short video the other day of someone talking about firing one of these 458 bars. He said the recoil was savage

and maybe a 425

Would love to have one. Have an unfinished project on a sporterised P14 action with a 30cal target barrel I picked up. Sadly reamers are basically non existent in NZ and with the dollar the way it is and freight, their isn't enough shekels in the toy fund to import one from the states. No...

If going belted case, find a P14 303 bolt. Don't need to touch the boltface, And I second a 300HH. If i ever get my shit together with all my bits, I could do one, Mind you, brass and ammo look like it is near unobtainable in the US. It will be even worse here, and I would still have to buy a...

And in NZ it was usually the starter rifle for govt deer cullers after ww2. 303s have taken hundreds of thousands and probably millions of deer in NZ alone back then

I see you comment on replacing the claw extractor with an old model type or the P14/17 extractor. Obviously possible but what's the difference? Sorry for off topic. I'll do my best to stay on track.

I would like to give them a try. The punch through of mono with a bit more reliable expansion. BUT absolutely unobtanium here in NZ for years. Bugger all about and not all the calibres especially for the rifles I'd try them in. Only a couple of loaded options too

@Ontario Hunter apart from the screws (theory), agree 100% about the bedding. Howas I believe are Weatherby Vanguards in the US I think. They make them for Weatherby

"I would not worry too much about relieving the action screw tubes. This is only a 7mm Mauser. Recoil isn't severe. Tight fit shouldn't cause problems." yeah i wasn't worried about splitting things, but sometimes it doesn't take much of things touching to make things shoot funny. Ive heard a few...

Re reading this. You say the screws are really snug in those pillar type sleeves? I would open them out a little so they have clearance. You are sure the bedding is done properly as in everything touches everywhere at the same time? I have a BSA P14 sporter that's been bedded and it's not right...

Well I wonder if because they are doing 375HH there would be a chance they could do 300HH. Not a big step. Whilst I know it is isn't the most abundant 300 magnum, from the amount of people wanting brass there is definitely a market. Back on topic

Not all about energy. Bullet construction is key. Quite a few guys using 223s here in NZ on deer. Some using Hammer projectiles and they work very well. 55gr soft points the general but 64gr winchesters and up to the 70+gr eldm etc. Wouldn't have a problem on appropriate deer type animals but...

saw a video just the other day that did just that on facebook. Craig Klintsworth.

well whilst it does dictate the style of rings to use, it also is a bloody sight stronger mounting (and slightly lower i'd imagine), than using some small screws to hold bases to an action

yeah they did a similar thing here in NZ after that twat shot all those people at the mosque. In our case we had the parliament almost 100% vote it through. Sneaky buggers had a trick up their sleeve though. They kept what was called an order in council going for the firearms legislation. It...

180ishgrain 303 (311-312) for the old lee enfields

I have several BSA rifles made from surplus P14s. They scrub a lot of the markings off except fornserial numbers. The usual factory I'd on the action is goneski. Nice rifle by the way

considering there is an absolute metric crapton of available 30 cal bullets compared to what is offered in 303 than if you have the pockets and the desire it is a sound one. NOS barrels are getting rare and any other barrels are the same price as any other so using a preloved take off is a great...

@Ontario Hunter that model is the santa barbara action so it has an adjustable trigger. Parker Hale went with these I suppose when the reasonably cheap milsurp actions dried up

I have very good results from 2206. Obviously not available but 2206H is marginally slower. Mind you that was with 340gr woodleighs.

if you are going to go to an 87, get the Hornady spire point #2440. They were a very popular projectile for deer here in NZ back in the day. They were marketed as a dual-purpose projectile but now just for varmints but they are still the same. Or go federal blue box-whatever shoots the best...

They didn't make them per se. You're correct, they were all made by the 3 manufacturers mentioned, but were bought as surplus after WW2 and reconfigured. Models A thru E. A model had bugger all done to it. Middle models had new barrel and reciever profiled up to E with the fishbelly magazine...

All right then, how about for a mix of it all, doing a 318-06? You could then say you were using the correct projectiles, in an easy to find action with easy to find brass and probably be able to reload cost effectively with a modified die and expander etc. No need for speshy expensive dies. New...

Is the crack spreadable? My suggestion will work a little better if it can. This is the crack running towards thr butt? Get a drill that is long enough to drill far enough towards the butt but not let the drill chuck touch the top ot the stock where the action sits. Drill back underneath where...

Well while it might indeed end up a talking piece, I would be just as likely to grab it as the 243, the 8x57 or the 416 remington which I have carried a bit but had little opportunity to shoot much. Interesting comment about the ruger M77 extractor. Not sure if they are cheaper or more available...

Sometimes I start thinking about things and this is one of those times. In an article/thread on here about the 318WR, it mentioned that WR at one time used P14 actions to make them. Some very quick digging suggested a P17 would be a better fit. As I have some possible donor actions for this...

Not really on topic and only pertinent as some people like yourself have commented on cleaning scope lenses This is a proper cleaning method from a scope guru since retired in NZ. Used to repair scopes and as he told me he sometimes before taking on certain models of scope, would request one...

I have attached pics of the 270 and the 8x57 bolt face. The 8mm is the original bolt for the rifle, the 270 is not. I had an action and needed a bolt. Neither will close on a round dropped in the chamber, at least without being a dickhead. They both will if pushing on the middle of the extractor...

well i have what i think is a post war Brno mauser 8x57 sporter. It will not snap over a round in the chamber if you push the bolt or at least i am too scared to try with aggression. It doest do it with a solid push. it will however go over a case in the chamber if you squeeze on the middle of...

Mom. Interesting about the 375 mag box. I'd get one of those if i knew it was cheap enough. Got a P14 I reckon will turn into a 300 H+H. I have the p17 mag box.

If you were starting from scratch on a budget, the p14/17 is a longer action that doesn't need much to the longer magnum cartridges. P14 with a P17 bolt and mag box is pretty close. Unless you get a magnum length 98 you will have to remove metal from the feed ramp etc to get them to fit. If you...

try some woodleigh 340s although I'm hearing they could be a little soft. SAtill a big pill for moose and bear

It would be more useful when using lots of heavy loads I reckon for recoil mitigation. One shot on a turkey not so much. I made one years ago for my Mossy 500. Thats another story. As for the red dots, as some shotguns can patter in slightly different places to point of aim it could be used for...