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It is interesting the ingenuity that went into welding receiver pieces back together, then cutting down and modifying the barrel, re-chambering, drilling a new gas port, cutting and shortening the op rod, modifying the receiver to take an M14 magazine (some remained .30-'06 and used BAR magazines). Part of the problem was that the work was done, not by one company with good quality control, but by a dozen different outfits, some good, some awful. The products of the worst were positively dangerous to fire.
Not all "cut and weld" receivers went into "tankers". Some were used to build full size M1 rifles, which were then re-Parkerized, given new wood, and sold for fancy prices as brand new rifles. I saw a "C&W" "Winchester" at a recent gun show with a $1500 price tag, so they are still around. Buyer beware!
Jim
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