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Help identifying 30-06 IMP rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Remington92" data-source="post: 2228944" data-attributes="member: 96256"><p>Dragging this up from the past but I finally got around to mailing some brass off to Redding for examination. This was their reply </p><p></p><p>I've had a chance to examine the fired cases you had sent. Unfortunately we do not have any dies that are suitable for this chambering but I can give you some information anyhow. These cases have a 35° shoulder angle which surprised me given the "imp 30" marking on the barrel. The major issue that I see is that the base diameter is rather large which makes me leery about the potential safety hazard posed by firing this rifle. As you mentioned, one of he cases appears to have split or is very near splitting. For obvious reasons this could be extremely dangerous. I would suggest consulting a gunsmith about this to see if the chamber could be set back and fixed or maybe consider re-barreling the rifle. In any case - I would advise not firing the rifle until it has been evaluated/repaired by your gunsmith.</p><p></p><p>So given this what can y'all recommend for possible rechambering? Or with the oversized chamber diameter am I forced into a rebarrel?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Remington92, post: 2228944, member: 96256"] Dragging this up from the past but I finally got around to mailing some brass off to Redding for examination. This was their reply I’ve had a chance to examine the fired cases you had sent. Unfortunately we do not have any dies that are suitable for this chambering but I can give you some information anyhow. These cases have a 35° shoulder angle which surprised me given the “imp 30” marking on the barrel. The major issue that I see is that the base diameter is rather large which makes me leery about the potential safety hazard posed by firing this rifle. As you mentioned, one of he cases appears to have split or is very near splitting. For obvious reasons this could be extremely dangerous. I would suggest consulting a gunsmith about this to see if the chamber could be set back and fixed or maybe consider re-barreling the rifle. In any case - I would advise not firing the rifle until it has been evaluated/repaired by your gunsmith. So given this what can y’all recommend for possible rechambering? Or with the oversized chamber diameter am I forced into a rebarrel? [/QUOTE]
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