[skeet]

Larry, That article may be right but I have done quite a bit of checking etc on those blowups. I'm not certain they were the fault of the guns. There was a lot of difference in the loading procedures for rifles back then..powder was a LOT different and dimensions were nowhere near as close as they are today. There was a lot of unsafe ammo back then. And some of the problems looked as though there was some fault that could be attributed to the shooters themselves Re-heat treating is probably a good thing but personally if in good condition I would shoot a low numbered Springfield the way she came. How many real blowups did they hav with low numbered guns. And I'd use new factory ammo..not my somewhat hottyer handloads. They have reduced pressures on factory loads these days anyway..mainly because of all the 100 yr old 30-06s out there.