Hello everyone i am new to the site. I was wondering if anyone has ever took a mauser barrel and cut off threads rethreaded and rechambered for a savage small shank? Before everyone tells me it isnt worth it to try so on an so forth i have a friend who is a machinist who has top of the line equipment and a lot of smarts who can do work for me. Second, i love guns and shooting but i dont have hundreds and hundreds of dollars to spare, so i have to enjoy what i can afford!! The mauser barrels look like they have enough "meat" on the shank to do this, just wanna see if anyone else has before!