British .303

[dakotah]

That P14 has a clip that forces the cases to be in the correct position like Murph said. If you wanted to customize and change to most other calibers, the magazine would likely have to go. Mybe a 444 Marlin would work without throwing away the mag???

If a fellow would want to make a rifle up in a caliber with a case base dimension similar or larger than the 303, I suspect that it would be feasible. Wasn't it A-Square that made up some large calibers from a P17?? Would a P14 work as well?

With a P14, it is my opinion that you could get very respectable velocities out of the 303. I tried loading them hot (308 Win velocities) and never had a case problem.

It is my intention though to keep mine military and use cast bullets. There is an active cast bullet 'military rifle' group about 45 miles from here. Maybe I will be able to get something going with this rifle.

There are too many rifles out there available in 300 Win Mag or even bigger. It seems that the option is: converting one of these almost 100 year old rifles and ending up with a custom??? rilfe and possibly not worth as much as the original (especially if I do the work) but costing more than the rifles available on the market.

I have heard a lot of good and a lot of bad regarding the SMLE. but personally I would like to have one. I think they would be a lot of fun.