Quote Originally Posted by Patrick Chadwick View Post
The glaringly obvious thing to do is to ignore the bolt head and see if a 7.62x51 round will chamber.
If it does chamber
AND considering that
- the rifle has been proofed and marked for 7.62x51 (or 7.62 / 2.01" in Britishicon style)
AND considering that
- the bolt appears to have been renumbered (see in particular the next-to-last figure 7, which seems to be stamped over a rounded figure, such as 8 or 0)
THEN it may well have had a "correctly incorrect" bolt retrofitted, as suggested by Johnny Peppers.[COLOR=black]
However the bolt head is replacable, hence a re-numbered bolt body (or not) is moot.

If its a 308w, I assume swapping in a P17 head would see it chamber? as I'd expect a 308winchester round for 1963 year target shooting.

regards