That's quite a bit of relief, definitely should be safe from Savage cracks.
Nice looking EG, checkered and in 303 Savage isn't that common.
Thanks,
your right that's a lot of relief, I don't think I had it tightened up all the way when I took the pic. That picture is actually of a '51 EG in 250-3000.
I believe 22 inch barrel EG's were only available for the first 5 years or so, and only with checkering around 1940.
I've got two real nice ones, a 30-30 and this one in 303, their serial numbers are only about 100 apart, I found them both in Alberta from different collectors about a year apart!