Quick recap, I noticed a M96 swede with a decent looking stainless barrel on the rack of a local gunshop, curiosity got the better of me so I asked to have a look and quickly noticed that the bolt handle was no longer attached to the Bolt and the rifle had a stuck but fired case in the chamber. Now being a fan of the old Swede I couldn't pass on the opportunity of grabbing what appeared to be a fairly recently rebarreled VGC action and stock.
PTA arrived so I popped over to pick up the rifle and the stuck case was quickly removed with a single strike of a cleaning rod down the barrel and into the case, Bolt was removed and the case examined.
![Image](https://i.ibb.co/jgsMcQ9/20221118-182946-2.jpg)
Plenty of evidence of gas flow rearward down 1 side of the case, Primer flow into the firing pin hole, 10 thou case head expansion, the rim also had expanded somewhat. Case appears to be PMC.