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p-14 or p-17 enfield trigger guard-floorplate

jethro75
i recently bought a fajen stock for my p-17 eddystone. the problem is the stock is not curved like the floorplate. everything else fits good, just not the trigger guard. I need a flat floorplate to fit my stock. is the flat ones for a p-14? did some p-17's come with flat and some curved? why is there a difference. thanks.
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  • navc130
    I think you are saying you bought a Sporter stock for your P-17. The military stocks for the P-17 and P-14 both have the shape for the "curved" trigger guard. Sporter stocks are shaped to eliminate this hump (streamlined). The trigger guard must be cut and welded straight to fit a Sporter stock. The distance between the screw holes is critical.
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  • jethro75
    yes, i bought a sporter stock. i was thinking maybe there was a 5 shot magazine and a six shot magazine version or something. are all enfields originally made with that hump?
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  • ern98
    If I remember right what you want is a trigger guard assembly from a Remington model 30. The model 30 was a cleaned up sporter version of the US model 1917 and did not have the dog leg trigger guard. The floor plates remained the same. Gun smiths have been cutting and rewelding the milspec dog leg guards into the flat type for decades. I hope this helps....
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  • navc130
    Yes, all U.S. Enfields and British P-14's are made with that hump type magazine. I forgot about the Remington Model 30. It may be possible to find one of those trigger guards that would fit.
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  • MIKE WISKEY
    straighening the trigger guard (and shortening the magazine box) is normal when sporterising a p-14/m-1917. Most cut/weld the front part or you can forge the thing straight and then weld and redrill the screw hole.
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  • jethro75
    is the remington 30 an exact fit, or would i have to open up the stock or anything?
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  • ern98
    Model 30 can sometimes be found and are yes an exact match dimensionally for the action screws. As far as the stock I have no way to know or advise except to say maybe. But, they don't come cheap and you can usually get yours converted for less money. Contact member Mike Wiskey, see above responces, and ask if he can't, for a price, convert your trigger guard to what you need. If I remember right he is a practicing gun smith and is very knowledgeable about the model 1917 rifles.
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  • I.Shute
    I make one saw cut and weld together the parts and holes are spaced exactly like the originals.
    If I remember right, you make a horizontal cut where the base starts to rise and then lower the short end and weld them together.
    May have to do some grinding to make sure the screw holes line up, but you have to do some grinding to make room for the weld.
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  • butchlambert
    Duane Wiebe makes bottom metal for the mod 17 Enfield.
    2zee614.jpg This is his bottom metal on my soon to be 416 Rigby.
    Butch
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