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while plantation shooting this past weekend the friend I was partnered with had the keel fall out from the muzzle of his Baikal 20ga sxs and about an inch of the top rib came loose. This is a 400.00 gun and he is hoping for a low dollar repair method. any ideas? am assuming a home solder job might loosen up the whole rib and cause a disaster. thanks
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Unless he does it himself, paying for a gunsmith's labor on relaying the ribs is going to be as much or more than a new gun.
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Frank, I thought every planation had a blacksmith who could handle these things.
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Clean it, tin it, wire & wedge it in place apply as little heat as you can to melt it. A BIG iron my get you there.
bill
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I was reading in Brownells kinks that you could plug the bore and fill it with water up to the point where you would be soldering and that would keep the rest of the rib solder from melting. Havent tried it yet though. Ross
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Clean it, tin it, wire & wedge it in place apply as little heat as you can to melt it. A BIG iron my get you there.
bill That's the way to do it. Anything else ranges from "it might work, but not likely" to "that'll make a mess and last a couple rounds". (don't even think about glues.)
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Frank, I thought every planation had a blacksmith who could handle these things. Bill, didn't see a blacksmith but there was a very cute blond woman working in the lodge office.
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Clean it, tin it, wire & wedge it in place apply as little heat as you can to melt it. A BIG iron my get you there.
bill unfortunately the keel ended up in the sand somewhere. Can probably wup somethin up.
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Bill are there any published details on how to do this? I assume the whole rib has to be removed without loosening the other rib.
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Turn the barrels upside down, heat the top (now on the bottom)rib with a oxy-acet torch until it falls off. Clean/sand, tin with acid flux, clean with a base (soap, baking soda, etc) using some type of method like Scotchbrite to ensure all the acid residue is gone, then use rosin flux for the joining. Wire it back together per standard method, heat until fused with a fillet all along both ribs.
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