Good on Ya Utah! This will be a great test and I will be very interested to see how it goes. I am of the opinion that it will do fine. I have taken apart many surplus 98's that showed evidence that only one lug was engaged and there was no telling how many shots had been down the bore. Yours still has an undamaged bottom lug/recess. Years ago, when there was a bunch of old Chinese knock-off 98's coming in for next to nothing, I wanted to pick one up and test it to destruction, just to see what they would endure with their primitive metallurgy, but never got around to getting one. I suspect, even they would have surprised us. Looking forward to your report!