Mike, I'm sure there are a lot of excellent welders out there, thanks for replying.
The really good ones are the ones that will tell you whether they would do the job and what the preperation would be to do it.
Plus they would finish the outside and either magna flux it, x-ray it or the least would be to use the dye.
The thing I want to know from the skeptics, what makes you think this would "blow out" or be a weak spot, steel is going back into a cut. If the metal used is compatable to the barrels steel, what would cause anything to happen. It is not like it was a bulge that blew out and someone was adding a patch to it.
The pressure at 13" I would think is way down by now.
This is just my opnion and unles a metalugist can give a reason, I would, and a few others would like to hear it.
I will email the gentleman and direct him to this site, it is up to his friend on what he wants to do.
Last edited by JDW; 01/26/12 04:55 PM.
