Originally Posted By: El Garro

Another thought which leads me to think the weld is more cosmetic than structural is that they can't go all the way around, there's no room between the barrels between the top and bottom rib to work with.
I may be wrong but can't see a way to weld all the way around both tubes.


Welds can be made all the way around. I have a set of barrels that had a tiny crack welded dead between the barrels, on the right tube, about 8" from the muzzle. Don't know how he did it, but he did it.

SRH


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