| Posted: Tue Jan 10th, 2006 07:08 AM |
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greysmoke
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gents
As you know the P14(i think) was destined for a new experimental cartrige in cal .276, but the pending war forced the makers to tool up to make them in .303.
Im really not sure about some of my facts, so please correct me if im wrong. 
The thing is, ive never seen a picture of this cartrige, or got any more info on it
Also, has any of you seen a rifle of that era chambered for it?
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10th, 2006 11:55 AM |
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Just off the top of the head, don't have my references here at work. I think a few thousand P14s werer produced in .276 for trials, where they werer fairly popular. The .276 was amazingly similar to the 7x57, which wasn't surprising, given the British Army's experience being on the receiving end of the 7x57 when dealing with those unruly farmers in SA.
I think most of the trials rifles werer reconverted back to .303. Not sure, but I think a couple of pattern rifles exist in the IWM, still in .276. I've seen pictures of the cartridge, but have never laid an eyeball on one, and definately not a rifle chambered in .276.
The Brits tried the .276 route again in the 1950s, but the US 7.62x51 NATO kill3d that one. Wasn't the same cartridge, but a medium power cartridge more suitable for automatic fire.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11th, 2006 02:42 AM |
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Opps. Make that the Pattern 13 rifle in .276. The P 14 was .303.
COTW, which is a pretty good guideline, even if much of the load data and dimensions it contains are wrong, claims the .276 Enfield was somewhat based on the .280 Ross. Base diameter, if COTW has it correct, was a whooping .528 inches.
Again, ballistics were similar to the 7x57.
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