#PATTERN 14 ENFIELD MARKINGS SERIAL NUMBER#

Yes, CAI - Century Arms International, my understanding is that the first year they were in business was in the early 60's and the first year that import marks were required was 1968, but no imports were allowed between 19 so that led to my conclusion that it was imported after 1986. I'll try to respond to everything in order: Thank you all for so many fast responses, I see that other people like getting into this stuff as much as I do. I'd offer it up for sale as-is and suggest it be purchased by a handloader who may adjust his handloading protocol to compensate for the headspace issue.

#PATTERN 14 ENFIELD MARKINGS SERIAL NUMBER#

Your serial number is pretty close to the end of production so it may have been manufactured in early 1917. The crossed pennants with the '17 date is not the date of manufacture but the date of acceptance into British inventory after inspection. In other words, it looks just like a US M1917 stock with the grasping grooves being of equal length. There is no grenade lunching sight and no disc and no other markings that would indicate where it was from. In his book, The American Enfield by J.C. It would be erroneous to assume your stock is a US Model 1917 stock. The * denotes re-design of the left locking lug. In 1926 nomenclature was changed to Rifle No.3 Mark 1*. Total production between E, R & W: 1,117,850 from Feb. (I think there was some issue with the CIA markings on some rifles purchased in-bulk by NGO for distribution to 3rd world insurgents.) They formerly used CIA for Century International Arms. If you notice anything from the photos that I didn't write about, please let me know.Д¬entury Arms International (yes still in business).

Cleaning kit/oil tube is present and empty.ДЄny thoughts on what I should do with it? Can it be brought into correct headspace without significant expense so it can be a shooter? Is it better to just part it out so that other people can complete rifles based on these parts? I don't have much of a personal attachment to the rifle, just want to give it the highest use it should. Weapon does not pass field headspace test with a coin-type gauge, so is not safe to fire in this configuration. Bolt number does not match receiver/barrel, but receiver and barrel do match. I have read that many model 1917 stocks were fitted to p-14 rifles during the weedon repair work, so that suggests this happened. 'R' on stock means it was made by remington. model 1917 stock, as evidenced by the equal length grooves in the handguard and the single hole and routed area underneath the butt-plate. Star on the top of the receiver (5 point star in a circle): is this the weedon repair mark? Not sure if this rifle went through the weedon repair or not, although I speculate that it did based on the stock. 'W' markings at the start of the serial number mean it was made by winchester, '17 means in 1917 and serial number search for winchester p14 production lines up with that. 303 ammo chambers normally and it appears to be a p-14 in every other regard. I believe it is correctly marked as a p-14 since. 303 USA' my understanding is that this means it was imported to the U.S. It has an import marking under the barrel at the front that says 'CAI st albans VT, P-14. I found it informative to do research on, so I wanted to pass on what I learned in the process and hopefully I'll learn some more from the discussion.

I have an enfield pattern '14 (p-14) and wanted to offer up what I know about it and see if you guys can tell me anything more to give me an idea what to do with it.

Pattern 14 enfield markings