Having been duped once I now know most of what to look for in a reworked drill rifle. First off the barrel is welded to the receiver at the bottom. So even if done well there will be a difference in the finish at the bottom edge of the receiver. If done poorly you will still see part of the weld metal on the bottom edge.

The other place is at the magazine cut off. This is welded up so that the bolt cannot be removed from the receiver. Usually a dremel is used to cut it loose. Even if there isn't a lot of weld metal there will be places in the finish where the weld had to be ground off. Another place to look is in the track that the detent in the mag cut off rides. It will usually be marred up in some way. Look at a regular receiver and you will see that this groove is nice and smooth and has a couple of stops in it.

The welding can take the heat treatment out of the metal causing the metal to be too soft. I tried to rebarrel it and the receiver rails bent. I would stay away from these unless it is going to be a wall hanger.

Bill R.
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