There are many ways of adjusting a gun to bring it back on face and welding is just one method that as evolved due to progress in welding. But what method do you think they used lets say in the 1850s when drop down barrel guns where in there infansy? Well there were no fancy electric welders then but guns were still brought back on face but the difference is that to put a few thousands of an inch of weld or use the even newer method of metal spraying with a little practice results can be extremely good, Now to do the same thing by hand with just files is a whole new ball game the results will be the same but the path to doing it requires true manual skill and the ability to file flat and true. Now I have put guns back on face using the traditional craft method as an exercise and it eats time like it is going out of fashion and therefore the cost is in a league of its own. It does have one advantage over welding that is once the basic work has been done and the gun comes off face again it is just a simple matter to correct the situation.
So over time it has been you pays your money and takes your choice either the older tried and trusted methods or the latest and possibly cheaper method. THE CHOICE IS YOURS!!!!!! And only time will tell which methods are the best so lets not knock it if we have not tried it folks.
