I am going to solve this by spreading the joy around to a few other smiths. I have some referrals, thanks to 'rainierrifleco', and I will be contacting those gents. I think I will have the original gunsmith do the majic on my Arisaka, since it has oddball barrel threads. Thanks for all the feedback and help!

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