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October 27, 2010
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Can a stainless shroud with a botched drill and tap job be fixed to factory condition? I'm reading of blued guns getting the hole welded and rebluing the gun and wondering if similar can be done for a stainless gun, except instead of refinishing just bead blast the top rib.
August 28, 2009
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Might be possible...I'd be afraid of 1) the cost of hiring a welder 2) distorting the rib under the heat of the weld.
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June 25, 2013
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Maybe a low temp solder like Staybright 8 could pull it off.
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February 22, 2009
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No need to weld- use stainless plug screws and once they're bottomed out, or set with locktite, peen the tops down, then use a file to bring them down to correct height. Use masking tape to protect the area around the screws. Once you've got the screws filed down, bead blast with 80 grit glass or aluminum oxide. Here's a picture of one that I'm working on. Front screw is nearly complete, middle has been peened and filed a bit, the rear I need to pull out and start over. Once I peened it down, it is below flush with the top strap.
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February 28, 2009
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rwsem said
No need to weld- use stainless plug screws and once they're bottomed out, or set with locktite, peen the tops down, then use a file to bring them down to correct height. Use masking tape to protect the area around the screws. Once you've got the screws filed down, bead blast with 80 grit glass or aluminum oxide. Here's a picture of one that I'm working on. Front screw is nearly complete, middle has been peened and filed a bit, the rear I need to pull out and start over. Once I peened it down, it is below flush with the top strap.
Ron:
That's just plain brilliant!
-Mike
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February 22, 2009
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Thanks, Mike. It's an older practice from BM (before Mig).
The only caution I would mention is that if you are doing this on a rib- ensure you fill the vented area with something solid before peening the top of the screw. I'm doing this to a buggered top strap on a 740 that Shoot tried to warn me about having a poor tap job but I "had to have it". I traded a 454 that I couldn't get to shoot well so -good trade IMO. This one is now "extra" since I've bought another 740 in vg condition.
Technically, the glass is always full; half liquid, half air....
October 1, 2012
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If you dont have the equipment to bead blast the rib, Eric EWK does a beautiful job at a very reasonable price. I had him do several of my stainless barrels one of which I did a fill job of a poor tapping attempt by prior owner.
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