Originally Posted By: AmarilloMike
Originally Posted By: gunut
if a welded lug is safe on a 24 then why not on other guns??.....


Yeah, why?

I would think the heat from welding that lug would undo the brazing (assuming the ribs were brazed on).

Winchester 21 ribs are soft-soldered so as to not undo the heat treatment of the barrel steel in a brazing process. That gun is the only double I have ever heard of that had barrels made from heat treated steel.

You got that right, Mike- No M21 or M24 doubles ever left the New Haven plant with a barrel lug welded- whether by TIG, MIG or SMAW process- NEVER

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..