Well, that last post was a disaster, photo problems I've not run into before, I'll try again.
If this does not work, I'll just say I went the route of the welded-up receiver/barrel and have a shooter. Maybe that's enough anyway but I'll try a couple of photos. Just pictures of the
pre and post weld removal and parkerizing, rifle back in working order and at least looking like
a 1903/A3 that won't win any awards but should be fun to shoot...







And receiver ready for parkerizing


So I'll stop here and see if this works then finish on the next post with the final photos....