Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
Some of those had a threaded muzzle and I'll bet somebody didn't like it...had it turned off and re-crowned. That might have been the later models though. If done right it could look original and drop it in the bluing salts tank would cover perfectly. There should be about half inch in front of the sight.

Pics would help.
That sounds reasonable. I really would like to have it re-barreled but it's an all numbers matching rifle and I would hate to lose any more of the originality.