Thread: P14 mag follower

Update on the old girl. Just back from the gunsmith to rectify the scope mount issues. I’d noticed the rear mount was canted off to one side, the alignment was off and the front mount had a broken screw. There was also evidence of another hole for the rear sight that had been filled.
While trolling the interweb for any info on various mount options I’d found a single line reference in one of the US blogs that mentioned that BSA had machined the action to match the Win. Mod70 which is machined lower at the rear. This may have been a byproduct of removing the sight guards.
Mod70 rear mounts come with three mount screw variations. On a whim, I’d picked up a set of bargain bin dovetail mounts with the .030” spacing and sure enough, they matched the rear screw hole and the one that had been filled. Result!! and now she’s setup to take modern mount options and the old Parker Hales are consigned to the parts bin.



I have an old Weaver K4w sitting on the shelf so mounting that up is next on the list, then off to the range to see if she feeds properly and is a shooter or not. Which reminds me, still need to find ammo.