Yeah, nsaqam, I'm afraid I was one of those doing some of the hacking on a Springfield and a couple of Mausers, but a little later in the 60's and 70's. I did see my Springfield at a gun show years after I sold it with a tag on it that miss identified it as a G&H.
I don't feel too bad about that one and I will quickly admit that I had some close supervision from a brother that used to be a gunsmith at Pachmayr's. I got to agree that some dumb stuff was done during that time.
I would love to see a chamber cast of that Arisaka though. When the round was loaded it had to have pushed the bullet back down in the case. No telling what the pressures were like when he touched that thing off.
