Ive fired a Ishapore 2A1 with commercial 308 and had no problems with it at all ,was very accurate with the iron sights. The cases showed no sign of sever bulging. They looked pretty good. The rifle was in very good to excellent condition. but thats not to say there could be some that are wore out and would be unsafe. The rifle I had now belongs to a friend of mine that is still using it and has added a scope to it and synthetic stock...