I said in the begining that it was only a suspicion,based only on the uncharacteristically poor workmanship.We have all seen things that seemed illogical, not knowing the circumstances, under which they were done. I was once called upon to repair a Browning A Bolt that had a hole drilled into the chamber,and a tap broken off in the hole.The rifle was factory drilled and tapped, so it was not logical to me that it would be drilled again. The pawn shop employee thought it was logical because the scope mount he had been told to use had a different hole spacing.Shortly after the war, when people were having a hard time, it would be understandable that someone, inexperienced, could cut a dovetail through the reciever ring of a GIs War Trophy rifle, trying to mount a scope and ruin it. To some of us,it is illogical to rechamber a 7x57 to 7x64. With regard to the quality of springfield and Winchester actions, every one has an opinion, and if we all had the same opinion, there would be only one happy woman and one color car in the whole world (or one caliber rifle).
Mike
Mike
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