donmarkey Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Anyone ever work with them? After rough milling the ears off of a p14 enfield and squaring it up, I layed a straightedge arcoss it and noticed the rear was still about a 1/8" higher than the front ring. That got me thinking of custom options, I was originally planning to just recontour the rear bridge to the same height and radias as the front ring. Any Ideas? -Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gun nutty Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 The front ring diameter on the P14/M17 is about identical to the savage 110. The Savage 110 bridge is flat and sits lower than the front ring. Rather than re-contouring the bridge, I'd mill it flat to match the Savage bridge, or at least a section of it .750" wide. You can then use Savage one piece and two piece bases. With a flat rear bridge, there should be no mis-alignment. You can actually measure the difference between base heights to determine how far to lower a milling bit referencing the front ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 The front ring diameter on the P14/M17 is about identical to the savage 110. The Savage 110 bridge is flat and sits lower than the front ring. Rather than re-contouring the bridge, I'd mill it flat to match the Savage bridge, or at least a section of it .750" wide. You can then use Savage one piece and two piece bases. With a flat rear bridge, there should be no mis-alignment. You can actually measure the difference between base heights to determine how far to lower a milling bit referencing the front ring. Good thought, I'll pic up a set of bases and see what it looks like. -Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z1r Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Square bridge scope mounts ae fairly easy to make and give the action a truly custom look that few others will have. Here I have a pic of a P17 done up nicely by Tom Burgess. I don't know whose work these two pics are of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Duane Weibe!!!! Forrest commissions nice rifles doesn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z1r Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Thanks. Yes he does. That integrated scope release is neat. Making square bridge bases isn't that hard but making them look this good is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted May 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Not exactly a square bridge and has alot of polishing to be done, but I was trying to dress up the savage mounts gun nutty recomended. Now I wish I would have started with a nicer looking base. But I'm cheap and that burris was only 5 bucks. -Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertashooter Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Does anybody know safety/shroud on that Tom Burgess P17 can be found.Never saw one on a P17 before.Also is there a pic of the other side.Looks like the perch has beem eliminated and the bolt stop considerably midified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted May 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Does anybody know safety/shroud on that Tom Burgess P17 can be found.Never saw one on a P17 before.Also is there a pic of the other side.Looks like the perch has beem eliminated and the bolt stop considerably midified. Ed LaPour sells the 3 position safeties, and to eliminate the perch all you have to do is weld a piece to the receiver to hold the end of the spring or bent the spring back to contact the receiver. -Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z1r Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Tom Burgess would have made the safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Thanks for the info. I had read that you could eliminate the perch that way and it makes sense when you look at the action but I had never actually seen it. Sometimes a pic can be worth a thousand words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doble Troble Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Damn (bubba scratches his head wondering if it's real, while inside knowing it is, and for the first time realizing the true height of the moutain he must climb). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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