I was going through the Honor Guard rifles for one of the local Legion Clubs and when I pulled the upper handguard off of one of the Post War SA Garands I saw this. The barrel appears to be correct for the receiver and the throat measures 2.5 and the muzzle .5 so why the welding? These rifles came from the Army TACOM years ago and none of the fellas at the Legion Club ever welded it so when, why, and where was it done?

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