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Remington US model of 1917 - Enfield question???

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A buddy of mine has gotten a Remington US "Model of 1917" with .308 Mag stamped on the barrel. It's clearly a long action and neither of us have ever heard of a 308 Mag. Was this an early term for a 30-06? Also, I assume this is a 1917 Enfield? Any help is appreciated.
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Pull the bolt and see what headstamps fit. I would guess 30-06 but I can't find any info on a 308 mag, but I doubt it was an early term for 30-06. It could a magnum wildcat of its day, so checking bolt face is a start.
 
It could be fun researching that. It appears you have an experimental, modified or mismarked rifle. The 308 Norma Mag wasn't invented until 1960, so obviously if that's what it is, it isn't original. As Jcalder said it could be a wildcat.

I'd want to make a cast of the chamber using Cerrosafe to check it.

Hope you get it figured out.
 
I have seen a couple of .308 Norma mags before. I knew a guy who had one that was his prized possession. He really didn't own much at all and lived in a tar paper shack. A couple of us bought the components and I loaded his ammo for him.
 
Looks like a restocked, rebored and/or barreled custom. If it has all of the military proof marks on the barrel, it's most likely a rebore because the .30 caliber rifling would already work. Doing a chamber cast is the way to know for sure. The only other name that I'm aware of for 30-06 is some military rifles had a ".30 Cal" stamp instead. I have a very very very rare ORIGINAL Mauser that was stamped 30 Cal. and chambered in 30-06 from the factory.

Look up 308 Norma Mag dimensions and compare to 30-06.
 

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