I agree Joe, and that is sort of where I was going. I have a couple of the case hardened Springfield receivers here and don't doubt them. But small shop guy is not going to be willing to cut open and test several (or more) along the way to get the process exactly right. I see custom cased Mauser's & Ruger No. 1's and I wonder if the people doing them even know what kind of steel they are dealing with. You don't want a rifle action to be brittle! Maybe I'm just a suspicious, sour old guy, but as I have gotten older I have less and less confidence that people actually know what they are doing. God protects... and the United States.
