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To: Errant

I had a pattern 14 Enfield made by Winchester. It looked just about identical to the 1917 U.S. Enfield except of course for the caliber.

I think I read somewhere that these actions are or were in great demand to be converted to 45-70 since they were made for a rimmed cartridge. I might be wrong in the caliber, maybe it is some other rimmed cartridge but the 45-70 sticks in my mind.

Since the 45-70 is much fatter than the .303 it might require a lot of work to convert.


53 posted on 11/04/2009 6:22:23 PM PST by yarddog
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To: yarddog
I think you're right about the 45-70 conversion as it seems I've read something similar.

I had a terrible fever for this 45-70 rifle a few months back.

54 posted on 11/04/2009 6:43:48 PM PST by Errant (`)
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