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    Posted: March 15 2018 at 11:23am
Please excuse my ignorance on this subject. Buddy has a really nice walnut stock from a P17 (I believe that is the US 30/06). Would that stock fit a P14 (.303B) action and barrel? Thanks!
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the Model 1917 is not the same [although it looks it and they are related] the 3006 is a longer cartridge so you will have issues at the mag well and such , they may well be adaptable to a pattern 1914 but not without effort , it does not work at all in reverse , best to seek out the proper stock 

there were later stocks made for the pattern 1914 during the weedon refurb that will work just fine , they were made in scotland at that time they do not have the volley cuts and so forth , 
 


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Thanks A Square. I was looking to add something to the litter in .303B. I was checking out prices for an SMLE or Lee Enfield .23 in Canada. Both models have pretty healthy price tags, but that's what the market can bear, I guess.
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Wasn't there also some difference between makers as well, or was that just the M1917?
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the british P1914 contract had no requirement for interchangeabiliy but the three made them to the same design spec so i would think a little hand fitting might get it , the eddystones stock was called the fatboy because of its pronounced wood in the magazine area , the scottish stocks were made for weedon refurb and should work fine on all three , 

the US M1917 contracts required interchangeability , there were some slight differences in the grasping grooves , but overall they should interchange with little to no effort , 
winchester had issues getting things to work at first but eventually got it done - it was not the stocks that were the problem with their rifles , 
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