Polecat,

I did speak to JES. Yes, a 35/303 is possible. JES gets $225 for the rebore. Not bad, but more than I paid for the rifle. This course leads me to thinking, "huh, if it do that then I should make it an Ackley improved version of the 35/303 to improver feeding and performance. That means custom dies, and a question whether it would require any changes to the the spool magazine. I don;t want to go there because the gorilla with the pipe wrench, chisel, and pliers buggered the screw holding the mag together so well, it is doubtful God could get them apart. Like BillR suggested this is probably an advanced case of Savage-itis combined with Ackleyism. Dan