I'm considering a butchered and abused "sporterised" P14 "deer rifle", looking to salvage the action. The photo montage shows the RE stamp, signifying Remington manufacture, but also the ground-off rear sight area with an elliptical depression milled into the top of the receiver. My understanding was that the Remington-made rifles did not have this void (making them more desirable), or am I confusing this with the M1917 Enfields? I'm worried that someone's done something cute here to misrepresent this rifle. I really need the benefit of those more knowledgeable. Can someone clarify, please?

RE P14s do have the swimming pool.
Just make a plug and TIG it in.
Done many of them.

Remove that post. I am talking about RE marked ones.

Done and done. As I said, as long as the swimming pool is consistent with Remington manufacture, I'm good to go. Really appreciate your help!

Thanks for that, I was wondering about my RE as well

Roger

I have pretty much, at least one of everything. So just ask.

I have worked on a LOT of the P14 receivers over the years, the RE, ERA and Winchester, every one I have seen has the bird bath recess under the rear sight.

Only the later 1917 Remingtons did away with the recess.

Funny thing is a lot of the Remington M30 rifles you can see where the hole was welded up at the factory before they finished the rear bridge. So they must have had a LOT of left over parts on hand.

I normally make a mild steel plug up, mill a good chamfer in the rear bridge around the edge of the recess, grind a chamfer on the plug and have it TIG welded up, normalize the rear bridge around the weld then reshape to suit.

JW