I thought with all the attention Enfields have been getting now is a good time to put some more pictures up. Just finished this one up for a member here, caliber 416 Rigby.
Posts: 328 | Location: Oklahoma | Registered: 20 June 2006
I'm starting to have wished for a straight bolt handle and 3 pos safety on mine!
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Nick Is there any chance that you will be doing a run of boltstops for M98? There seems to me a decent market for them.
Your work is always outstanding!
Jason
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I just realized why that barrel contour looks familiar. It is a dead ringer of the barrel on Ozhunter"s 425WR. Very unique!
Jason
"You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________
Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt.
Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure.
3 down Wiebe bottom metal (no drop). It could almost hold four down due to the width of the box but it would start to alter the grip to much, CZ dimension dovetails uses Alaska Arms rings, bases are soldered and blind screwed, rear screw location is original but the tang is longer, the rear of the bolt is machined forward to narrow the bolt handle and the tang extension also takes up the extra space in the bolt handle notch. In addition to the narrow handle th safety is machined to advance an additional turn.
The only thing missing is the 30-S style guide rib which I will be incorporating into future builds it really smooths th bolt travel and reduces wobble.
Posts: 328 | Location: Oklahoma | Registered: 20 June 2006
Big thumbs up Nick. Very "crisp" work. I've never owned an Enfield custom. Just Mausers. Do Enfields have a lug under the front receiver ring like 98 Mausers? Thanks for the pictures. CB
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Posts: 5305 | Location: Near Hershey PA | Registered: 12 October 2012
Nick, if you can do that with an Enfield, no wonder there's interest in them. Makes me want to find an old big-bore A-Square rifle and send it to you to pretty up! :-)
Posts: 20176 | Location: Very NW NJ up in the Mountains | Registered: 14 June 2009
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Very nice work. Do you guys keep a written log and photo album of the different variations that you add to each action type? It seems that it would be a shame to lose all record of these pieces over time.
This level of modification reminds me of a comment by a non gun owner about modified rifle. He said "There is nothing left of the original rifle except the hole in the barrel."
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During the time when Enfields were first having a sporterizing boom, some writers, including Keith I believe, warned that enfield firing pins could come back when the rifle fired and injure the shooter. There was a device known as Clarke Eye Shield that was offered as a remedy. Was this a legitimate concern? If so, how is the condition handled today?
Originally posted by dfcjr: During the time when Enfields were first having a sporterizing boom, some writers, including Keith I believe, warned that enfield firing pins could come back when the rifle fired and injure the shooter. There was a device known as Clarke Eye Shield that was offered as a remedy. Was this a legitimate concern? If so, how is the condition handled today?
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"Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians."
Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness.
Have you ever taken an Enfield bolt apart? There are much smarter guys on this thread than me, but for the life of me I can't figure out where it would fail and send the firing pin backwards. It would have a failure somewhere else on the action before you hit the pressures needed to shear something in the bolt assembly that would release the firing pin.
"Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan
"Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians."
Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness.
There always seem to be a number of P14 complete rifles that appear on our main NZ auction site, Trademe. Pricing wise not too bad, have seen a few on there for around the $500.00 NZD. Could be the go for a .404 project me thinks.
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Posts: 511 | Location: Auckland, New Zealand. | Registered: 22 February 2006
