I'm doing a little "in the head engineering" on a project I'm likely to do.
From decades ago,I have a sporterized already P-14 Enfield action.I'm thinking of building a 338 Lapua on it.
I want to do it as economically as possible,with the least amount of effort to get a good tool.
Lets call the receiver free.I found a drop belly,original Enfield guard type Bell and Carlson stock for $135.An Obermeyer cut rifled barrel will be under $300 .I'm thinking 28 in,Someplace around a Sendero to light Palma contour.I will put a serious brake on it(Open to recommendation)Update,a knowledgable gentleman here suggested a heavy straight taper barrel.Enfield tenon threads are 1.125OD.BBl contours with 1.2 shank OD only give me .037 for a shoulder per side.Gotta have 1.250.I guess the AMU contour best.7 lbs!! But flutes are outside budget.Muzzle is .900.That will take the .750x24 threads on the Armalite brake quite well.Big and expensive!! But it sure works good.
I'm going to leave it cock on closing and the military trigger is really pretty good.
I have a couple of original,non straightened trigger guards available.
I'm thinking I will glass a steel,maybe aluminum. bedding plate in the stock that will start at the back of the recoil lug and carry recoil back to the rear face of the mag well.I'll cut a window through it for a mag box.
I have no enthusiasm for modding the receiver rails ,etc for the original double stack feed.
I intend to set it up to take a single stack commercially available .338 Lapua detatchable mag.
I'm thinking I can keep all the work/mods in the trigger guard,stock,and bed block.No receiver Bubba factor.
Now,to talk mags,I have to make a choice.All of them are roughly $100 each,+ or -.So cost is not the factor.
There is the Armalite AR-30.Nice big lug on the back.The Barrett single stack appears to use the same lug in the pix.Does anyone know if the AR/Barrett mags are interchangeable?That may matter if I want to buy another later.*Update*,ad had bogus pic of the AR mag representing a Barrett mag.Barrett is double stack,not the choice for center feed.Barrett is out.
The other system is Accuracy International/Savage.They interchange.From pix,they have a little cheaper look ,the lug is formed out like an M-1 Carbine mag...
For a scope,I have a Leupold 4.5 to 14 ,50 mm obj,30 mm tube Mil dot longrange I can "borrow" from my M-70 Laredo.
So I can build this for about $650. .$135 stock,The first $100 mag,$<300 for Obermeyer cut rifled bbl,$50 rent for reamer/headspace gage ,and that leaves about $75 for some accraglass and scope blocks.
OK,forgot the brake....I've got some 17-4 PH steel chunks,maybe I'll make one.,or its another $100 or so.
Still,all up,pretty cheap for .338 Lapua.
I wrote all this mostly for advice on which magazine to go with.
So its Accuracy International/Savage vs Armalite.I'll probably go Armalite
From decades ago,I have a sporterized already P-14 Enfield action.I'm thinking of building a 338 Lapua on it.
I want to do it as economically as possible,with the least amount of effort to get a good tool.
Lets call the receiver free.I found a drop belly,original Enfield guard type Bell and Carlson stock for $135.An Obermeyer cut rifled barrel will be under $300 .I'm thinking 28 in,Someplace around a Sendero to light Palma contour.I will put a serious brake on it(Open to recommendation)Update,a knowledgable gentleman here suggested a heavy straight taper barrel.Enfield tenon threads are 1.125OD.BBl contours with 1.2 shank OD only give me .037 for a shoulder per side.Gotta have 1.250.I guess the AMU contour best.7 lbs!! But flutes are outside budget.Muzzle is .900.That will take the .750x24 threads on the Armalite brake quite well.Big and expensive!! But it sure works good.
I'm going to leave it cock on closing and the military trigger is really pretty good.
I have a couple of original,non straightened trigger guards available.
I'm thinking I will glass a steel,maybe aluminum. bedding plate in the stock that will start at the back of the recoil lug and carry recoil back to the rear face of the mag well.I'll cut a window through it for a mag box.
I have no enthusiasm for modding the receiver rails ,etc for the original double stack feed.
I intend to set it up to take a single stack commercially available .338 Lapua detatchable mag.
I'm thinking I can keep all the work/mods in the trigger guard,stock,and bed block.No receiver Bubba factor.
Now,to talk mags,I have to make a choice.All of them are roughly $100 each,+ or -.So cost is not the factor.
There is the Armalite AR-30.Nice big lug on the back.The Barrett single stack appears to use the same lug in the pix.Does anyone know if the AR/Barrett mags are interchangeable?That may matter if I want to buy another later.*Update*,ad had bogus pic of the AR mag representing a Barrett mag.Barrett is double stack,not the choice for center feed.Barrett is out.
The other system is Accuracy International/Savage.They interchange.From pix,they have a little cheaper look ,the lug is formed out like an M-1 Carbine mag...
For a scope,I have a Leupold 4.5 to 14 ,50 mm obj,30 mm tube Mil dot longrange I can "borrow" from my M-70 Laredo.
So I can build this for about $650. .$135 stock,The first $100 mag,$<300 for Obermeyer cut rifled bbl,$50 rent for reamer/headspace gage ,and that leaves about $75 for some accraglass and scope blocks.
OK,forgot the brake....I've got some 17-4 PH steel chunks,maybe I'll make one.,or its another $100 or so.
Still,all up,pretty cheap for .338 Lapua.
I wrote all this mostly for advice on which magazine to go with.
So its Accuracy International/Savage vs Armalite.I'll probably go Armalite
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