I won this 1943 T "sporter" configuration from an online auction - the 1943 models are a little more tricky to define as "real" and...

· British 303 are head spaced on the rim – really a rim space, which is changed with the bolt head for one with a different (target) length – the rifle action is “failed cartridge safe” by design – the rim space limits are very generous by design and manufacture (with war time relaxations) to allow all grades of ammunition to chamber under all conditions. Tightening and "over head spacing" (rim spacing) is probable and this can challenge the bolt achieving “lock”. · Bolt head

In 2013 one of my acquisitions was a late production "Eddystone" P14 which I wanted to shoot at local Civilian Marksmanship Program meets...