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rseymorejr · Apr 20, 2014

Hell, if the bore was decent I'd give $150 for it, today. It'll never be what it was but it would be a nice deer rifle.

lee2 · Apr 20, 2014

if the bore is good, i may be interested in it.

iH8DemLibz · Apr 20, 2014

I see a great Gun Karma is the very near future.

lsw · Apr 20, 2014

Linthicum makes a good point. Many service rifles were sporterized throughout the 20th century and it was an accepted and common practice at the time. Even in the 50s and 60s Enfields and other rifles were still being sporterized commercially and by indviduals. The P14 & P17 Enfields were so popular as hunting rifles after WWI that Remington continued to manufacture a modified version as their model 30, building over 30,000 of them.

Threeband · Apr 20, 2014

iH8DemLibz said:
I don't know if I would call the M1917 inelegant. It's just big boned and beefy.

The only thing I don't like about them is the cock-on-closing design. Very British.

Took a bit to get used to.

I'm just having some fun and indulging myself in being opinionated. I have several Mausers and Mauser-patterns, including 1903s and a 1917. The '17 is the heaviest, clumsiest, and most unwieldy of the lot.

The cock-on-closing is common to all the pre-98 Mausers, including the version the British committee was so ludicrously attempting to improve.

People joke about design by committees and their sometimes absurd inefficiencies. To me, the perfect example of how a committee can screw up a good thing is afforded by a side-by-side comparison between an 1893 Spanish Mauser and a Pattern 14 Enfield.

Safetech · Apr 20, 2014

Threeband said:
The Americans began to have doubts about their Krag rifles and decided they must rearm with a Mauser.

Funny you should mention a Krag.

He has (had) one of those, too. But unfortunately, I've been told (haven't seen it myself) that he had the barrel cut down for hunting because it kept getting hung up in the bushes.

Another darned shame.

Thanks for all the other information too!

This thread has been very educational for me.
:thumbsup:

As a side note, this man was also an old hunting buddy of my dad.

I'm sure he, my dad, my grandfather, and two of my uncles are now making up for lost time.

Lou45 · Apr 20, 2014

This gun was prolly done up by Century Arms during the 90's as they acquired some P-14's in ratty condition then built a cheap "sporter" on the action.

Threeband · Apr 20, 2014

Yup. I think it looks like a commercial bubbafication, rather than something done by a practical-minded Bubba trying to put food on the table.

Lou45 · Apr 20, 2014

Lou45 said:
This gun was prolly done up by Century Arms during the 90's as they acquired some P-14's in ratty condition then built a cheap "sporter" on the action.

Threeband said:
Yup. I think it looks like a commercial bubbafication, rather than something done by a practical-minded Bubba trying to put food on the table.

Century did do a bunch of these back in the early 90's. As a matter of fact, in the first or second Crocodile Dundee movies one of the bad guys had one in the movie, a Century Centurion P-14 sporter.

mawkie · Apr 20, 2014

Next time you see what looks like a sporterized model 1917 don't be too hasty. These were so popular that Remington built a version called the model 30. It was for all intents a factory sporterized model 1917. Actually collectable.

Jimbob2.0 · Apr 20, 2014

Shame, makes me want to cry when I see Bubba's handiwork.

Alphabrew · Apr 20, 2014

Lou45 said:
Century did do a bunch of these back in the early 90's. As a matter of fact, in the first or second Crocodile Dundee movies one of the bad guys had one in the movie, a Century Centurion P-14 sporter.

Sounds like Bannerman for Enfields

My quick google-fu says many Century P-14s are .300 win mag, interesting.

Lou45 · Apr 20, 2014

Alphabrew said:
Sounds like Bannerman for Enfields

My quick google-fu says many Century P-14s are .300 win mag, interesting.

Yeah, they did them in that ^^^ caliber too. Thanks for the refresher on that.

Threeband · Apr 20, 2014

iH8DemLibz said:
I don't know if I would call the M1917 inelegant. It's just big boned and beefy.

...

Yes, "big boned and beefy." That's right.

iH8DemLibz · Apr 20, 2014

I meant South Park style big boned.

Not throw flour on her to find the wet spots big boned.

DAMN!

Lou45 · Apr 21, 2014

Threeband said:
Yes, "big boned and beefy." That's right.

iH8DemLibz said:
I meant South Park style big boned.

Not throw a 50 lb sack'a flour on her to find the wet spots big boned.

DAMN!

Those tires are going to go flat in 3........2.........1.......

lee2 · Apr 21, 2014

Lou45 said:
Those tires are going to go flat in 3........2.........1.......

Hey Lou! i heard she likes the opera. :lol2:

rseymorejr · Apr 21, 2014

Lou45 said:
Those tires are going to go flat in 3........2.........1.......

Look at those training wheels. They already got the hell out of Dodge! :lol2:

iH8DemLibz · Apr 21, 2014

I don't think Febreze is going to work on that seat.

I'll flip ya'll for first sniff.

GUNSnROTORS · Apr 21, 2014

iH8DemLibz said:
I don't think Febreze is going to work on that seat.

I'll flip ya'll for first sniff.

There's no seat. Somebody mounted Clandestine's "purple persuader". :innocent0

"Mounted" ... :lol2:

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