i picked up a T38 for $65 that didn't fire, the original barrel's chamber was butchered. i rechambered a new pull off Remington ( RemAsaka) commercial barrel and match chambered it in 7X57 ( 7MM Mauser) mounted the Remington factory front and rear sights on barrel the rifle feeds reliably and will be a tack driver. best thing is it's an unground Mukden that has all matching parts except for the barrel and it was sportered beforehand a moot point, but it functions now and is a neat piece of history that can be shot without any worry about killing it's collectability. still looking for that unground pearl regards
Stu