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pal-pal1961 · February 15, 2007, 11:42 AM

Mike, i will be very careful. The stock has no cracks or splits in it as of yet. It is very slim. Reminds me of a Savage Model 1920 that my Dad had when I was a kid. It was a 250-3000 and cracked right behind the saftey. My initial loads that I load will be something on the lines of 2700fps with Imr 4320 or 4350 a 150 gr Hornady bullet. That should not be too much even though I am a little leary of a rifle that is 91 yrs. old. The same Guy that I bought this gun from also has a 256 Newton, 1st issue, that he wants quite a bit more than I paid for the .30 rifle, so I am thinking about that one if this one is OK. He also has a strange Marlin Lever Action 336 in a caliber called 7mmSTE. He says that it is an awsome flat shooting rifle, but he wants too much for it (at least I think so). Any way, thank you all! Pal

February 15, 2007, 11:42 AM	#16
pal-pal1961 Junior Member Join Date: February 14, 2007 Posts: 8	.30 Newton Mike, i will be very careful. The stock has no cracks or splits in it as of yet. It is very slim. Reminds me of a Savage Model 1920 that my Dad had when I was a kid. It was a 250-3000 and cracked right behind the saftey. My initial loads that I load will be something on the lines of 2700fps with Imr 4320 or 4350 a 150 gr Hornady bullet. That should not be too much even though I am a little leary of a rifle that is 91 yrs. old. The same Guy that I bought this gun from also has a 256 Newton, 1st issue, that he wants quite a bit more than I paid for the .30 rifle, so I am thinking about that one if this one is OK. He also has a strange Marlin Lever Action 336 in a caliber called 7mmSTE. He says that it is an awsome flat shooting rifle, but he wants too much for it (at least I think so). Any way, thank you all! Pal