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May have used a P14 bolt in the 1917 ?


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Originally Posted by Craigster
May have used a P14 bolt in the 1917 ?


Very possible I guess with the headspace addressed, however as jorge pointed out the different case dimension issues would make me think otherwise with regards to proper feeding alignment.


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Only had a vintage Var-X-11 3x9x40 AO laying around so mounted it up for some load testing.. 300 gr TSX over 61 grs of 4895 produced a 5 shot string avg of 2429 from the 26" bbl...This is pushing it a tad according to the books but miked cases show no

excessive pressure,extraction was easy and case growth was zero..These actions are good to 70,000 so doubt I was even close..More fun to come on targets later with a decent WX window.

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Great find!!


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That is the coolest custom rifle I have seen in a long time. Supposedly Remington made a few 30 Express in 7X57MM, but Im probably wrong

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Model 30 chamberings:

25 Remington
30 "
32 "
35 "
257 Roberts
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30-06

A "cousin" of the Model 30:

http://www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-g...ington-model-720a-bolt-action-rifle.aspx


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Awesome rifle! You couldn't wear that out in 20 lifetimes.

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My Remington 30 Express in 30-06 had the same receiver as my Mod 1917 Enfield in 416 Rigby. We did use a P14 bolt. My Enfield did not have the ears or duckpond. As near as we could search mine was never built into a rifle until I had it built.
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Man that is a super cool rifle very nicely done I love it nice find congrats!

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