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tahunua001 · April 1, 2013, 11:34 AM

true the bolt may be a replacement but it might have also been replaced as part of the sporterizing process. the only thing that will tell for sure when your gun was made is the series number on the receiver.

also I would like to point out that if your rifle is indeed rechambered for 30-06 as the library name suggests, it's going to be overbore as they used the original barrel and 7.7 jap is a 310-312 diameter bore while 30-06 is 308, accuracy will probably be quite poor unless you home load and start putting 303 brit bullets in 30-06 casings.

April 1, 2013, 11:34 AM	#6
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	true the bolt may be a replacement but it might have also been replaced as part of the sporterizing process. the only thing that will tell for sure when your gun was made is the series number on the receiver. also I would like to point out that if your rifle is indeed rechambered for 30-06 as the library name suggests, it's going to be overbore as they used the original barrel and 7.7 jap is a 310-312 diameter bore while 30-06 is 308, accuracy will probably be quite poor unless you home load and start putting 303 brit bullets in 30-06 casings. __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin