I did see that article on youtube and that is exactly what I am doing to it. Right now, I'm "practicing" with some steel pipe and 6-32 screws. Trying to get the peening part down right.

I bought this (and a few others) at a gun show back in 1994 when they were going for $75 - $99 (if they were nice ones). This particular one I sporterized, because "hey why not? There's plenty of them around"; which is not quite true now. I had bent down handle put on the bolt and had weav...

I sporterized an Arisaka 99 some time ago. I recently removed the rear site base as it just made it look bulky. There are two small holes that do not go all the way through the barrel that I want plugged. These holes are not threaded and were what retained the sight base and prevented it from moving...