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I've seen posts from people that thought about having pits on the outside of barrels tig welded. Has anyone actually had it done? If so, please send me some info on how it turned out and who did it. I have a very nice cape gun that has a lot of shallow pitting on the outside of the barrels. Rifle barrel is steel and the shotgun barrel is damascus.
Last edited by Mike Harrell; 06/09/07 05:53 PM.
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Mike,
Check with SKB here, he has a good TIG guy.
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Mike,
I actually do my own tig work. I have a machine that is much better than I am, I am improving dramatically though. In the past I have been hesitant to do this type of cosmetic welding. I weld the hook when tightening up guns often, and have made some very good repairs to broken vent ribs. I understand that cleaning the pits all the way to the bottom is the key to getting clean welds on a pitted surface. Mike, is the pitting too deep to restrike the barrels? I know Oscar used a guy to weld damascus shotgun barrels.....I'm not that confident in my abilities yet. The new tig machines are incredible....I bought my machine 2 years ago for 2500$ and the salesman told me that a digitally controled unit like mine, 5 years previous was over 20K! The machines nowdays are amazing. As to the gun, any pics?
Steve
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I think that too much metal would have to removed if struck. [url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=499576&c=544&z=1"]  [/url] [url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=499577&c=544&z=1"]  [/url] [url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=499578&c=544&z=1"]  [/url] [url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=499579&c=544&z=1"]  [/url]
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that is some deep pitting....the right barrel is the rifle? What caliber? There may be enough wall to spare. awful deep though.
Steve
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Steve I think that its a .450 x 3 1/4". Thats what the cast tells me anyway. It was sold as an 8.5mm.
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Bill G. did some welding for me and his work is excellent. However........it wasn't pitting, but a crack. Might try him.
Take Care,
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The question is - why did you come by that bugger.
Those shallow pits are really craters, think of the barrel work ahead of you laddie.
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