need a gunsmith for small project ....please read

12 February 2013, 17:06

older 1886 shows 2 extra holes drilled (sloppily) on left side of receiver. I need these holes filled somehow - such that the result is reasonably inoffensive. Thanks.
Alex

12 February 2013, 18:16

D Humbarger

Contact Dan Armstong at Accu-tig.

Accu-tig

12 February 2013, 18:56

conifer

Thanks, will do.
My concern involves finish.....a weld will fill holes, but subsequent buffing will alter metal appearance for some distance peripheral to holes. Will I run that risk? And if so, would it be preferable to have larger holes drilled/tapped, followed by insertion of screws to fit?

12 February 2013, 20:30

dpcd

Of course welding up the holes will alter the finish. You will need to polish and re-blue it, then it will all be the same; the welds won't show. I usually put screws in the holes and melt them in rather than filling the holes with rod. There is no way to fill the holes and retain all the finish; TIGing doesn't affect the surrounding surface much, but is still melting steel. The option of peening a screw into the holes and polishing them flat is a slipshod method. I suppose you could just install plug screws either in the existing holes, or larger, cleaner ones....

13 February 2013, 00:08

conifer

quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
Of course welding up the holes will alter the finish. You will need to polish and re-blue it, then it will all be the same; the welds won't show. I usually put screws in the holes and melt them in rather than filling the holes with rod. There is no way to fill the holes and retain all the finish; TIGing doesn't affect the surrounding surface much, but is still melting steel. The option of peening a screw into the holes and polishing them flat is a slipshod method. I suppose you could just install plug screws either in the existing holes, or larger, cleaner ones....

The last idea seems to me....to offer the least bother to the surrounding metal. I do not want to re-blue. The existing holes ....and their immediate vicinity are messy. Slightly larger holes could be drilled, then tapped to receive flat-head screws, that would either have been pre-blued, or cold blued,,,,,the current finish is weak in any case...and cold blue would likely be inoffensive.

13 February 2013, 04:49

Curt in Atl

quote:
Slightly larger holes could be drilled, then tapped to receive flat-head screws

Hidden in plain sight.

Should be able to find some that replicate what's already there.

13 February 2013, 05:23

conifer

quote:
Originally posted by Curt in Atl:
quote:
Slightly larger holes could be drilled, then tapped to receive flat-head screws

Hidden in plain sight.

Should be able to find some that replicate what's already there.

Trouble is that the metal immediately around the holes is buggered....looks like a meniscus .....need that raised ring gone.

13 February 2013, 05:25

conifer

Story:
I had traded (via AR) a Krag stock to "J.D. Steele" in anticipation of his undertaking the project. We had an agreement. I sent him the stock, Then the gentleman passed on. So, I am back at square one.