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.

Dang, that's nice. How many down? 4?

I'm starting to have wished for a straight bolt handle and 3 pos safety on mine!

I love it! You can sure send it to me if he doesn't like it!

I really need one of those..........maybe in a 505.....


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Nick, as always, great work. You sure did some beautiful work on mine.

Very nice! I really like the re done tang. Did you leave the rear guard screw in the same location?

So that's what those 1-2-3 blocks are for!

Nice Job Nick!

Super nice work, great execution. Bridges look like Brno/CZ dovetail/mounting system.

It appears to be in the same position, just a blind hole now.

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!

I just realized why that barrel contour looks familiar. It is a dead ringer of the barrel on Ozhunter"s 425WR. Very unique!

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.

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Originally posted by JBrown:
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!

Not for a while I'm focusing on the Enfield work and other misc. projects that need to get done. I'd like to but to many irons in the fire.

Nice work Nick!

Awesome metal work..

Would make Tom Burgess proud.

is that a stepped barrel? can you show a pic of the whole barrel?

Nice work. If you get a chance I'd like to see more detail pic of the bolt handle mods.
Don

Was this completed with a stock?

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Originally posted by Don Markey:
Nice work. If you get a chance I'd like to see more detail pic of the bolt handle mods.
Don

This is the bolt handle that Nick did on my Enfield.

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

See the front recoil lug.

Ah yes. Thanks. Those Enfields are starting to grow on me a bit.

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! :-)

He can sure do it!

Nice work

But with all that work is it really a Enfield any more?

Superb metal work!

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."

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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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?

Looks like you asked this question before.

http://forums.accuratereloadin...941064321#5941064321

So is there a problem or not?

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.

From a reliability standpoint, I think the Enfield has prven itself.

Maybe confusing it with the Springfield's two piece pin.
Don

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.

I really like them!

McGorgeous!