Thanks, Stan. Somehow, I thought I read here, or possibly elsewhere, that Dewey was not big on L.C. Smiths-I read the article a while back in SS about a A.H. Fox he "customized"- He is, without a doubt, a master gunsmith, as was my good friend, the late Brad Bachelder-- We shall see- it is a local private sale, but until I do more research, I'm keeping my wallet intact.
You and I, and others here, have a fairly solid background in: welding, metal fabrication, machine shop and tool & die work--What is a bit puzzling to me is how a set of barrels can be soldered, but the lug and the breech area brazed, as both welding processes involve different degrees of heat input, in other wording, solder flows at a lower temp. than brazing rod. The slight crevice I spotted with a magnifier had the appearance of solder (silver-ish) and not the brass fill you would see with a brazed joint. I would welcome input from any of the well-informed gents on this forum--RWTF
