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For those of you who followed my maddening post regarding a troubling area a couple inches from the breech, Rockdoc has amicably agreed to help me out and post a photo I took.
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 If anyone wants to enlarge this photo it has over 7,000 KB's of data.  I used Paint to enlarge this one.
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Looks like a TIG welddauber to me
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Yikes.......2" from the breech. Good luck.
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Yikes.......2" from the breech. Good luck. X 2. The pics make it look like one should be quite cautious because of their location.
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Hmmm, it seems to me that the residue around the pits should be filed off before a proper evaluation of the pits could be made...Once things were flush, sanding could possibly tell if there is a bulge in the area as well...
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Hmmm, it seems to me that the residue around the pits should be filed off before a proper evaluation of the pits could be made...Once things were flush, sanding could possibly tell if there is a bulge in the area as well... I agree, after filing the residue flush a short 6" metal straight edge ruler pressed perpendicular to the barrel would hi-light any bulge that might be there.
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Since it's Sunday and I'm making Dog Food, I've go some time before I go down into my shop. For discussion's sake I'll give you my opinion (unsolicited, but what the hell) as to what I'd do. It will not doubt stir controversy, and propel this thread along. I'm not a Gunsmith, merely an amateur restorer. It's similar to what I've done on another gun.
First, I'd file the pits and check for pit depth and a bulge. If there was sufficient barrels thickness in the pits and no bulge, I'd go get the pits filled by laser welding with an appropriate filler rod, then proof, (if it passes, that is if you want a Shooter)) prep and refinish. Even if the pits are really deep, it might be worth it to get them filled and give it a try. The pattern there will be FUBAR, but the gun will be usable. If a bulge was present, I'd slug the area and iron it out with a rawhide hammer after filing yet before laser filling. Metal becomes harder when cold-worked, not softer. Ironing out bulges in these old guns used to be common, and I see no reason not to do so as long as it is properly re-proofed.
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Seems like I've read somewhere that one suggested method of demilling a firearm for wallhanger use is to drill a hole through the barrel(s) at the chamber. Always sounded like a good way to kill somebody to me. The pits may be drilled holes somebody tried to "fix"...Geo
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It's easier to drill the hole through the flats. I have to do that whenever I section down a set of barrels for my pattern-welded collection. I don't want to end up like Randy Weaver.
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