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I need help. I was readind an article about an old Winchester model 51 rifle which was supposedly chambered in .27, 30-06, and .35 Newton. The problem is what .27 caliber would this be? This rifle was built prior to the development of the Winchester .270. ps. I believe the model 51 was built by the Lee Enfield company. Any help woud be appreciated. thanks Steve. | ||
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Alaska, Are you sure it wasn't the Remington Mod 54? If memory serves me correctley (I wish) the Remington M54 was made on surplus M1917 Enfield actions.. I might be incorrect on the model number tho.. Well... I'm way off base, good work tin can MopaneMike | |||
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I found this:
maybe the rifle on the book cover, a Winchester that looks like an Enfield, and Winchester built Enfields: there was a Winchester 54, the model prior to the Model 70. there were three Remington Enfields, I believe, the last one the Model 720. the Enfield was initially to be chambered in .276:
maybe the Winchester was, but then there wouldn't be any ammo available... so maybe the .27 caliber mentioned in the first post actually refers to the chambering of the P 14 (what the quote calls the P 13) rifle. and this, which I just found on a member's web pages:
http://home.snafu.de/l.moeller/7-mm/7-mm-Rem-Mag-History.htm maybe the .276 Newton was an option. somebody buy the damn book and tell us perhaps of interest- one rifle pictured appears to have a ladder-type sight on the rear bridge, and both rifles flip Mauser type safeties on Springfield type shrouds rather than an Enfield rocker type safety lever. It's possible I'm delusional. | |||
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