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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. If you ever do any reading about the maturity of steel technology back than, you will discover that it was not very mature. The machine work is great, but the steel manufacturing process technology stunk.
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It's not the metallurgy it's the heat treating or rather the lack of it. Small ring Mausers are chambered for rounds that don't really need it and added more expense and time to the manufacturing process. Factory .308 pressure is about as high as you can go on one of these and firing enough of those rounds through one will eventually lead to receiver stretching but it will take many, many rounds to do so. BTW the 91 Argentine came with a bent bolt. It's not low enough to use with a scope but they were bent. It does sound as if the handle on yours has been replaced.