Oscar, The advice given here is all useful, it will assist you in doing the repair.But at the end of the day it is your skill that will produce the final product.Let us not get into a spat with cherrybomb, he perhaps was well meaning.Yes you can do it his way, but how many us have a CNC or even a Bridgport at home versus the ones who have a file and silicon carbide paper on the bench? Each to his own.I have a friend who is a master gunmaker in Birmingham who produces superb work. He uses a stick welder and scares me to death, but that is how he does it.He also bends stocks with an acetylene torch and hot air gun.But he DOES NOT colour harden with a torch (last sentence included so I don't have my leg pulled at The Vintagers).
'Faint heart never won fair lady' 'Act in haste, repent at leisure' two sayings that need to be heeded, do some test pieces first, learn the skills and it will be a piece of cake to do the repair.Good luck.
Skills are acquired by doing. Hard reality, but true. What also should be remembered is that the guns I'm working on were manufactured long before computers and CNC software, and usually hand fitted by human hands. The flintlocks and percussion rifles I've built from components were constructed with files, saws and the like -- just like the originals were two hundred years ago.
As to Cherrybomb, you are right. No need for a spat here. Thankfully, Dave has had the foresight to enable one to ignore a bothersome poster here on the board. I have invoked this feature and am deeply appreciative to Dave. Thanks, Dave. Maybe we can all benefit here by remembering that sometimes it is not what we say, but how we say it.
For all of the others who have generously offered their help. Thank you. I hope I will be able to reciprocate in the future. I very much appreciate the advice and encouragement.
