gun nutty

I wouldn't pay $200 for a "pull" PH or Interarms Mark X barrel.

Go custom if you have to pay that.

American elms? They have a Dutch-elm-disease-resistant variety that can be bought:

http://libertytreeso...iberty_Elm.html

The vegetable seed packets were sealed, actually, double-sealed at the factory in Holland.

Yes, but it's still a potential invasive species.

The agricultural aspect of customs is to prevent invasive critters and plants from entering a country. It's not just the plants, but also the fungii, diseases, parasites, and blights that they carry, even in seed form. Sealing live seeds doesn't prevent any of this.

Having worked customs from a military perspective, ANY living plants or seeds are fair game.

Seeds and agricultural products are always a "no-no", unless factory-sealed, un-opened, and intended for digestion. You'll have to buy tulip seeds through Earl May.

I think the PH's were Santa Barbaras. Should take standard 98 stuff fine.

Wonder if these receivers had anything to do with all of the "Cadet" 7.62X51 target barrels that flooded the market. Did they just strip the rifles down to components?

There was a 98 PH called the Midland; took a Springfield '03 bolt, if I remember correctly.