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What is the largest caliber that a 1917 Enfield 30-06 is able to be converted to?
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I've seen one on a 600 Overkill.
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Not an Enfield or rifle, but there are plenty of Mausers with a similar design out there as 16 guage shotguns which is about a 0.663 caliber.
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Not an Enfield or rifle, but there are plenty of Mausers with a similar design out there as 16 guage shotguns which is about a 0.663 caliber. That's too funny!  I think the o.p. meant cartridge... 
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I would suggest to the original poster that he purchase a copy of Art Alphin's book: Any Shot you Want... He will likely find more big-bore cartridges in that book than anywhere else. And likely more than any sane person that I know would want to shoot... i.e: the .577 Tyrannosaur which shoots a load of 140 grs. of IMR-4350 behind a 750 gr. bullet of .585 diameter to just over 2400 f.p.s...
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Not an Enfield or rifle, but there are plenty of Mausers with a similar design out there as 16 guage shotguns which is about a 0.663 caliber. That's too funny! I think the o.p. meant cartridge... Throughout most of the world, shotgun shells are called cartridges. 
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Rifle cartridge is the choice but if it were shotgun then why stop at 16gage instead of 10gage?
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Scratch your head a bit and think about this rifles are denoted in caliber and shotguns are denoted by gage. Maybe you are sitting on your head and can't scratch it.
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The Enfield is probably one of the strongest actions in the Military catagory. I wouldn't hesitate to use it for most shoulder fired ammunition.
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1917 Enfield actions have enough room for cartridges like 300 H&H
and 8mm Remington magnum, maybe any Remington RUM cartridge.
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1917 Enfield actions have enough room for cartridges like 300 H&H
and 8mm Remington magnum, maybe any Remington RUM cartridge. Read my above post Frank.
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I am leaning toward the 6.5 Prometheus which has the 300 Norma Magnum as a parent case. It will achieve 3700fps with a 140gr bullet.
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Jus about anything except the 50 BMG
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I am leaning toward the 6.5 Prometheus which has the 300 Norma Magnum as a parent case. It will achieve 3700fps with a 140gr bullet. By the time you have the metalwork done to get reliable feeding, a new mag box, cock on closing, new trigger, d/t for scope base, you might as well start with a stiller 408 or other custom action. To me the only reason to use a big clunky enfield is to house something truly massive that won't fit in a less action, such as a 505 Gibbs, 585 Nyati or 600 Overkill.
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Not an Enfield or rifle, but there are plenty of Mausers with a similar design out there as 16 guage shotguns which is about a 0.663 caliber. Be careful with the 12 ga ones. They blow up. Google it.
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