WyomingWhitetail
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Might get ran out of here for what im going to ask about but figured this would be the best place to find info on my new rifle.
I bought a 1896 Springfield the other day and it appears it has a serious chamber issue. I took it to the range and fired one round and noticed it was a little hard to extract and inspected the case and saw that it was deformed and split about a 1/4-1/2 inch in front of the rim. After inspecting the chamber it appears that there is something that appears like a drilled hole in the bottom of the chamber. I somehow missed this on my initial inspection of the chamber and bore. It may be just a large pit? Im not really sure but the rest of the action looks fine and the action appears to be in really good shape.
The serial number on it is 79148 and the sights have been changed and the stock has been sanded down/cut down (the grip grooves are almost gone/half length stock). So i don't think it has any real value, but i want to make sure before i go about rebarreling it. My plan right now is to take an old remington 308 barrel i have and fit it to it and re-chamber it to shoot cast out of the 30-40.
So basically im asking if anyone can explain the hole in the barrel and if there is any reason why i shouldn't rebarrel it. Also wanting to make sure the factory loads aren't to hot for the old action (probably only shoot them to get the brass).
Thanks
I bought a 1896 Springfield the other day and it appears it has a serious chamber issue. I took it to the range and fired one round and noticed it was a little hard to extract and inspected the case and saw that it was deformed and split about a 1/4-1/2 inch in front of the rim. After inspecting the chamber it appears that there is something that appears like a drilled hole in the bottom of the chamber. I somehow missed this on my initial inspection of the chamber and bore. It may be just a large pit? Im not really sure but the rest of the action looks fine and the action appears to be in really good shape.
The serial number on it is 79148 and the sights have been changed and the stock has been sanded down/cut down (the grip grooves are almost gone/half length stock). So i don't think it has any real value, but i want to make sure before i go about rebarreling it. My plan right now is to take an old remington 308 barrel i have and fit it to it and re-chamber it to shoot cast out of the 30-40.
So basically im asking if anyone can explain the hole in the barrel and if there is any reason why i shouldn't rebarrel it. Also wanting to make sure the factory loads aren't to hot for the old action (probably only shoot them to get the brass).
Thanks