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Personally, I would not recommend shooting 308 in a 1891 vintage action. I don't trust the metallurgy from that period.
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You are firing a round that has a maximum SAAMI pressure of 62,000 psi in a rifle action ment for about 45,000psi. Even the 7.62x51 nato round is rated at a maximum of 50,000 psi. As a reloader I'd fire it, but with only bottom end loads. What you should do it take it to a gunsmith and have the bolt lugs checked for micro cracks and the action for setting.