I just picked up a 05 in 35 wsl #22538. poor old girl has been handled rather roughly. Her forend was busted all to ****. So I disassembled and cleaned everything very good. I then put five layer of masking tape on the bolt and waxed it up real well. I used this and some accra glass to glue the forearm back together. after the glass was dry I remove two layers of tape waxed it back up and bedded the fore arm to the bolt.
while waiting for the dedding to dry I started looking to ammo. I am not sure if the chamber has been modifyed but a 38 special round drops right into this gun. it seats all the way into the rim recess. after my bedding had dried and I had the bolt removed I first put a fired case into the chamber. the bolt closed and ejected the fired case with no problem. I then tried the same with a live round. it to loaded and ejected as it should.
so I am wondering if I can just shoot 38 special ammo in this rifle? anybody have any opinions?