Yes, the number series is for impact sockets.
>I believe the PD stands for Power Drive
My guess also, but I could not find an adv or such to prove it..
Keep in mind that the bolt only takes up a small space in the socket, even with the end sawed off, the impact gun would go through the hole, sitting flush with the top of the socket. So, if you were in a *really* tight space, it might be just enough...
Armalloy was just a fancy name for alloy steel, good tool steel will cut it, it just takes a while, but a cutoff wheel would be my guess as well.
also, if you cut the top it doesn't have to be flat, if the socket side had been cut, it would have to have been perfectly flat, as the bolt has 6 sides, the drive end only has 4 sides...