I hate to ask questions like this, but here goes. I picked up a dirt cheap Lithgowicon No. 4 stripped receiver at a recent gunshow. It looked great until I got home and looked at it in really good light (damn cataracts!). I could see that the receiver ring had been heated, probably to aid in barrel removal. I tried the rudimentary file hardness test and it seemed as hard as the other areas. I have just a few dollars invested so that isn't the issue, I just hate to toss an otherwise perfect receiver. Anyway would you use this receiver or toss it? Another option might be to use it for a pistol cartridge or .22?
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