I picked up a 1917 enfield that had a hack job done to it in attempt to convert to 300WM. The bolt face is unusable as far as I'm concerned. I need to pick up a new bolt and have read a P-14 bolt can be used in the 1917 for use with the magnum calibers. Is this true? Any one have any first hand knowledge or can tell me a thing or two about it.
Would I be better off purchasing a 1917 bolt and paying to have the bolt face opened up or go with the p-14 bolt? The shody work done on the bolt face makes me question the rest of the conversion job. What else should I look closly at? I imagine there may be head space issues with either bolt I go with. Anyone know an expert gunsmith that works on these enfields? In Oregon?
I probably wouldn't even bother with the effort but the bore just looks to good to give up. It is Winchester made. I'm not concerned with matching mfg parts, just want the thing to shoot well. It has been sporterized with the bottom floor plate straightened.
Here is the link to the gun I picked up. Going to get rid of the scope and mount.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=223950295
Really have a liking for these 1917 enfields. Growing up my dad used a handed down one in 300wm that is just beautiful with a HS barrel on it and it always shot under 1 moa with many sucessful hunts to it's credit. So of course I want one now.
Thanks for any addvise.
BT