Its worth noting that the nominal receiver ring diameter on a Kar98a is within a whisker of that of a 1903 Springfield. 1.300" (Mauser) vs 1.305" (Springfield). The tolerance on that dimension means they are essentially the same. The Mauser has a better breeching design too, with much less casehead exposure. Some may say "oh yes, but what about barrel shank diameter?" but the difference there is small too, and the actual amount of steel surrounding the chamber is the same - save for the unsupported part of the case head on a Springfield. The same applies to a Winchester 54, for which the .220 Swift was developed, though its receiver ring is a tiny bit larger, at a nominal 1.34"
The issue itself is not in the receiver diameter or tread size but rather in the threading relief cut in the receiver meant for chip clearance. The same size clearance cut was used on the small ring Kar98a receiver as was used on the large ring Gew98. This proved to leave too little metal and contributed to a tendency of this model to spontaneously become takedown models during WWI. But hey.....
But yet the Germans kept them in production and in service throughout the war, and made about 1,500,000 of them. They even stayed in second line service long after the Kar 98 k was adopted, post WWI, and were adopted and produced by the Poles post WWI as well.
Do you have any more information about actual documented failures, in the manner described, during WWI?
Don't read so well, huh. Comparing Polish receivers to German is apples to oranges. Get out your measuring tools and verify for yourself. Nothing I cite will be good enough. Been there, done that. Don't have the time to waste. If you want to build a high pressure round on a Kar98a action, feel free. I valued my customers' safety and built accordingly. You are free to do as you please.
I think it may be you who doesn't read so well. You claimed "a tendency of this model to spontaneously become takedown models during WWI". That doesn't seem congruent with the facts that the Germans produced large numbers of these rifles, right up to the end of WWI, and indeed switched production over at a couple of their major factories from Gew 98 to Kar 98 as the war progressed, as the Kar 98 (aka 98a) was so popular, not just among the troops for whom it was originally designed, but regular infantry. It also doesn't seem congruent with the service of the rifle continuing well after WWI, nor the fact that Poland adopted them and made them - small ring, large barrel shank and all, off German blueprints and tooling - as well as making large ring actions.
All I asked you was whether you had any more information about the failures you claim occurred during WWI.
Or is it just another of those stories that are oft retold on the internet, like Chinese whispers, for which, when you dig, there is no actual evidence?