Isn't there a depot marking on your stock indicating time in India? Perhaps I've confused yours with another which has been displayed within the past couple weeks? P14s that went through the WRS have a six pointed star with a letter behind the pistol grip to denote the location the process took place. Again I came find no documents to provide it. It is alleged that P14 rifles that went through the Weedon Repair Standard (WRS) were to be called Pattern 1914 MK II. They also have a Roman Numeral "II" stamped into the side of the stock. New stocks without the ID disk and volley sights were manufactured for replacements These stocks came easily id as they are not made of American Black Walnut like the originals. The front piling or stacking swivel was also removed. The property ID disk was removed from the stock and a wooden insert was pegged into the space left by the id disk removal. The rear volley sight arm was removed from its base. But the volley sights were removed, specifically the front volley sight arm was removed and the base for holding the volley arms was ground flush with the volley sight base. The specific items that involved the Weedon Repair Standard (I have not seen a detail British instruction on how this procedure was performed). This would not be a problem with the M1917, but the P14 it is a problem. It would not be a good idea to completely disassemble the rifles and then rebuild from parts bin with recondition parts. Since there was no compatibility of parts between the three manufacturers of which there was at two versions of the P14. Obviously an inspection is performed and faults identified. Mauserdad- The Weedon Repair Standard appears to be a general going over of the P14s being removed from storage.
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