Thread: P14 mag follower

Nice one. Classic old rifle in a classic calibre.
If it has a little BSA roll mark on the top rear of the reciever probably under the rear scope base it is deffo a BSA. They did models A to E.
D and E were pretty much the same. Sporter stock, new barrel, rounded reciever drilled for bases and a side aperture. Pretty much a mauser sporter.
The lesser ones got a barrel and reciever rounded off but retained the fish belly mag and original stock
I think the A models might have had an eye cast offer them and sent out to work but can't remember.
Feeding could have something to do with a 303 bolt on a 7x57 case. The rims is smaller and probably won't extract and/or slip under the extractor properly. Basically a push feed that won't extract well.
Try a 303 shell in there and see.
I have a target rifle on one of those and they did just that with the bolt as there weren't many around supposedly. Probably need a P17 3006 follower as well as it would be more suited to the 7x57 and not the taper of a 303.
Unless this is all waffle and it was built on a P17 and you just have PITA feeding issues