One of Us
| I don't know if bases are still in production, but the rifles that I have seen were milled down to Remington Model 30 specs. |
| | | Posts: 1421 | Location: WA St, USA | Registered: 28 August 2016 | 
IP
|
|
One of Us
| Don't know what is best but the old BSA conversions available in the 50's and 60's are contoured the same as the Remington 700 and use the same bases.
Bill |
| | | Posts: 46 | Location: SE British Columbia | Registered: 21 December 2008 |
IP
|
|
One of Us
| I've re-contoured a P-14 to take a one piece Remington 700 base. No regrets. |
| | | Posts: 53 | Location: Central Pennsylvania | Registered: 01 December 2017 |
IP
|
|
One of Us
| I use the old Savage 110 one piece bases because the rear is flat and that makes the rear very easy to mill and fit. |
| | |
One of Us
| Williams still makes a side mount for the P 17 or at least did 2 years ago. I got mine through Brownell's.
Hip
P.S. I had emailed Williams asking about a mount and they stated the did not make one-----GO FIGURE ! |
| | | Posts: 1891 | Location: Long Island, New York | Registered: 04 January 2008 |
IP
|
|
One of Us
| quote: Originally posted by yumastepside:
Whats the "best" size, shape or diameter/radius to re- contour the rear of a P14/M17 action?
I want to fit a set of low profile scope mounts that I can use QD mounts on....and I suppose I may as well ask, what would the best mounts and QD rings to use?....remembering that I am not a millionaire!
Roger
I like them best when the rear is contoured to match the front.. Then mount choice is pretty simple, front and rear are the same. . |
| | | Posts: 42345 | Location: Crosby and Barksdale, Texas | Registered: 18 September 2006 |
IP
|
|
One of Us
| .....here's my mind heading off at a tangent again.....has anyone ever put a rear square bridge on a P14/M17? My thoughts are to make up a Mauser type rear square bridge with an integral plug to fill the oval hole, and then cut scope mount grooves in it to match a commercial front scope base height, a folding rear ghost ring sight could also be fitted to this rear bridge.... maybe I'm  but it would make a good set-up with QD rings on the scope. Roger |
| | | Posts: 1043 | Location: Was NSW, now Tas Australia | Registered: 27 June 2009 |
IP
|
|
One of Us
| I use CZ type DT rings and machine the square bridge for that; never on a 17 though, but it would look good. They look good on anything. |
| | |
One of Us
| quote: Originally posted by yumastepside:
Thanks Butch,
A beautiful job on a magnificent rifle, now I'm going to show my ignorance once again and ask stupid questions.....in the first pic you can see the bolts and bolt holes, then in the second pic they appear to be machined away, now come the dumb questions....were the blocks soldered or welded as well? Are the blocks and action tapped through together and the screw heads then machined off?
As there don't appear to be any screw heads in the second pic, I cant tell how the blocks were attached.
....sorry to annoy you with these questions, and if you don't wish to reveal any of the metalwork secrets, I can understand.
Roger
That is one reason that I like Nick's work. He machined plugs to fit over the holes.He finish machined them after plugging them. |
| | | Posts: 8964 | Location: Poetry, Texas | Registered: 28 November 2004 |
IP
|
|
....never even thought of plugs....Thanks Butch
