kkahmann;
Good evening to you sir, I hope the week treated you acceptably and this finds you well.
In most of my reading and some of my personal experience as well, the Pattern 14 and P17 actions are among the very stout ones out there for sure.
There was a chap - Clarence Ellis perhaps??? - who had an article in one of the Gun Digests in my collection who built a pair of globe travelling rifles on the big Enfield actions and he took them all over and shot all manner of game with them.
They're not in vogue now I suppose as the cock on closing isn't really a thing we're used to, but as far as making something like a .375 H&H length cartridge, in my view there's worse places to start for sure.
Since they have an open top design and not super fast lock time, one wouldn't expect to be winning PRC or F Class matches with one, but for a tough arm that will go bang when asked, well as I say there's worse places to start in my view.
All the best to you as we head into winter and colder weather.
Dwayne
