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He is reimbursing me 250.00 so I’ll have about 300.00 in the actual gun. Got my name in for a criterion bbl so this build is on hold except for the woodwork.
From the picture you posted, I can't tell if the base of the cartridge has swelled as it would if the chamber had been opened for a magnum cartridge. Again, from the picture, it looks very much to me like it could be .30 Gibbs, a radical "improved" cartridge based on the .30/06 case. The cartridge was developed around 1950 as sort of a "poor man's .300 magnum" since all that needed to be done was re-bore the chamber. Of course you then had to make the cases and load your own ammunition. It realistically produced 100-150 fps velocity over the .30/06 and the claim was, in those pre-chronograph days, much higher. But it probably doesn't much matter since it appears that you are trying to rebuild your rifle to some semblance of originality.