P14/M17 re-contour

02 December 2018, 08:40

yumastepside

P14/M17 re-contour

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

02 December 2018, 09:00

Ray B

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.

02 December 2018, 09:08

LongDistanceOperator

If you have any interest in an old Pachmayr mount that swings out of the way, I can make you a hell of a deal on one. It is marked "Enfield" and it was on a Remington Model 30 Express custom rifle I bought from the classified section here.

02 December 2018, 09:31

yumastepside

Thanks LDO, but I've got a multi sight set-up in mind for this one.

Roger

02 December 2018, 10:04

WJW

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

02 December 2018, 17:03

NRDock

I've re-contoured a P-14 to take a one piece Remington 700 base. No regrets.

02 December 2018, 22:19

dpcd

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.

03 December 2018, 04:11

Hipshoot

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 !

04 December 2018, 06:47

JTEX

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.

.

05 December 2018, 04:00

yumastepside

.....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

05 December 2018, 04:04

farbedo

Sky's the limit on that action: http://forums.accuratereloadin...631029791#2631029791

It can go from having hit every branch on the ugly tree to perfection with just a small cash injection.

Jeremy

05 December 2018, 04:41

dpcd

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.

06 December 2018, 01:33

butchlambert

This is how Nick Hughes did mine for the CZ rings.

07 December 2018, 05:15

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

07 December 2018, 17:54

butchlambert

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.