Bramble,
thanks for the information and your honest opinion. Yes it is a 2 3/4" chamber. I actually planned for this to be a working gun, not a masterpiece of gunsmithing. If I keep the 30-30 chambering I had planned on regulating with the most common load avail around here 170 grain, Win or Remington. I'll pick it up this afternoon and will get started. I'll try to hone my skills at picture taking and post. I figure either way it might make fun reading from the backwoods of Georgia, Stay Tuned

Thanks to all