Don't know exactly where to post this, in military rifles, in my favorite caliber, in case forming or reforming or here in in the Cast Boolits general forum. I finally made it to the range to try out a multiyear Covid project, a hybrid P14/M1917 Enfield bolt action in .35 Winchester. Catching the 35 WCF bug years before Covid after re-barreling a M1895 in that practical caliber, it became tiresome reading esteemed gun writers repeat each other in both praising the caliber's effectiveness but lamenting it being not as good as the .348 or .358 Winchesters, particularly with turn of the last century's lever gun pressure limitations. With nil chances of obtaining an affordable Remington-Lee or Ross in 35WCF, and not wanting to scavenge a good .45-70 Siamese Mauser, P14 and M1917 parts were acquired. A gun show $25 sporterized M1917 receiver and magazine were mated with a P14 barrel, bolt and (modified) follower. JES did an excellent job in reboring and rechambering to 35WCF. I completed the rest, cutting and crowning the former military barrel to 24", installing modified 98 Mauser front and Redfield Series 70 rear sights, cock on opening kit, Timney trigger and the stock whittling. Bubba does passable work sometimes.
The proof in in the pudding (or how does it shoot?). As normal, I spent half the day getting ready and driving to a spot where I don't alarm the neighbors, so I felt rushed when I got there, but...I think this rifle wants to shoot! The results posted are with multiple loads first with 2 completely different cast boolit "Christening" loads and then with full power Hornady 250RN. I didn't adjust the sights after boresighting (by looking through the barrel and through the sights with the rifle on sandbags). At 45 yards, everything shot had the same impact point, 180gr cast, 202 gr cast and 250gr Hornady jacketed. I took 3 shots at 100, but my excuse for a 4" vertically strung group is that my soup can stenciled spray painted bull was too indistinct for my 63yo eyes to draw a finer bead.
Cases varied from reformed Hornady .405s, fireformed Grafs (PPU) .30-40 Krag and a few Jamison "real" .35 WCFs.
In the attached pics, I shot everything without any sight adjustments, and although at only 45 yards, they hit in the same place on the targets.