Welded through the barrel.

[gunman1 1,753]

WOW   

[Eric Pate 478]

WOW   

I know, right?

[TIMTIMTIM 57]

Man how hot was he running that?? 

[Wagnikov 186]

Tell skippy to keep his tungsten needle sharp, hold The rig about 30° angle to the barrel so the tip is pointing into the back of the muzzle break, dwell about 75% of the time on the muzzle brake and intermittently/quickly wash down onto the thin material(barrel)and drop the amps down below 50 next time. But of course All of us keyboard jockeys already knew that!! Seen the video on YouTube

[Wagnikov 186]

Now, I want to see ole boys paycheck!

[DavidQ 170]

The job ended up not costing me anything. I guess you get what you pay (or don't pay) for. Can Anybody point me in the right direction for a reamer that I may be able to get from a local shop or store? Or maybe wanna fix it for me?

[Wagnikov 186]

Were just messing with ya. Get a rat-tailed file or half-round( anything kinda round and small enough to loosly fit in barrel and not allow a square corner of the file to hit the bore) knock down as much as you can without gouging the piss out of it. Then go to parts store and ask for a automotive brake cylinder home. Put it on a drill w WD40 or similar and with medium/slow speed trying to float in and out while the hone it turning. That is the cheapest do-it-yourself option that "I" know of. Many,many other ways to do it professionally.

[DavidQ 170]

Already used a half round file on it and had to modify it to fit in the barrel and knocked down most of it. I will see if using a brake hone works at removing more material.

[Wagnikov 186]

Go slow, you'll get quick feed back on how it's working.

This is what your looking for

[DavidQ 170]

OK project for the weekend.

[Matthew Hopkins 1,065]

OK project for the weekend.

 

 

it's more then that, this experienced should be filed in your cerebral cortex under the heading LESSONS LEARNED. if you're going to have something done, get someone who knows what the fuck he is doing and has experience. a buddy with a welding set up, who never worked on firearms, should have sent a big red flag for you in the first place

 

I mean if you needed a appendix removed, would you go to your landscaper because he'll do it for free and he has some sharp objects?

Edited May 16, 2014 by Matthew Hopkins

[DavidQ 170]

Well I guess I took his 30+ years in the military as an aircraft welder a little too seriously. Next time things will be different.

Edited May 16, 2014 by AZ-DAVE-IZ109

[Wagnikov 186]

A welder with that experience should be trustworthy. I don't fault you for that. Even "experts" have blunders. It's really a case by case deal. I am by no mean a gunsmith, and most gunsmiths can't weld. What these custom guns shops do really is specialty niche work. I do it, but I work on my own guns so there's no finger pointing, just a good challenge.

[DavidQ 170]

So I picked up a brake hone and a spiral cut file. Going to work now.

[Wagnikov 186]

If it works it was my idea, if it doesn't it was the 95k adult daycare nanny.

[DavidQ 170]

Lol so far so good. Now for the Polish.

[DavidQ 170]

So here is the result so far. Took some double sided tape and put it around an 11mm deep socket and put 400 or 600 grit sandpaper (not enough info on back to determine what grit) and it fit the barrel perfect. Worked it around a little and smoothed it out some. Looks 1000x better now. I appreciate all your help and knowledge in helping me cure this issue. Also just got done polishing the bolt carrier and trigger and gonna take it out tomorrow to see the results. Trigger feels clean and pulls nice.

 

 

[DavidQ 170]

And for reference, here are the welds to the outside. What would anybody recommend to finish the outside if anything at all?

 

 

And for the full gun in all its beauty.

 

[Sdustin 578]

Cerakoat

[Wagnikov 186]

Lol that weld will hold up the world! 70,000 psi tensile strength tad over kill. I think that was the only miscalculation. When they said perminate, he thought including a ground zero blast with an atomic bomb. Lol. If it was mine I would hone some more until there is just barely an outline of the weld on the inside. IMNSHO there is still enough material in there to disrupt the shot coloum or gouge a slug enough to harm accuracy or pattern. It's a narrow weld and should focus the pressure on the hone enough to knock it down without loosing too much metal elsewhere. Make sure you stroke the hone in and out of the bore or the stone will just get a groove cut right where the weld is and not do it's job.

P.S. I'm jealous of the side folder. Was that a factory model?

[DavidQ 170]

This is a factory K model. Not a conversion.

[DavidQ 170]

So I should hone it a little more? It literally is barely protruding now. I not really concerned with the accuracy. I won't be doing 100 yd tests with it. Should I use the other style hone that's rounded?

[Sdustin 578]

If you are happy with the way it looks I'd leave it alone.

[Wagnikov 186]

I like dipping my French fries in my frosty.

[evlblkwpnz 3,418]

This is a factory K model. Not a conversion.

Ouch....

[pedal2alloy 206]

So I should hone it a little more? It literally is barely protruding now. I not really concerned with the accuracy. I won't be doing 100 yd tests with it. Should I use the other style hone that's rounded?

If if feels pretty flush, you are good.  Hard to tell from the picture of the inside the barrel, because the dark area can be misinterpreted as a shadow, making it look like a bump.

[DavidQ 170]

 

 

This is a factory K model. Not a conversion.

Ouch....

Yeah I was a little bummed about it but it happens.

[TIMTIMTIM 57]

Looks like he used 3/32 filler rod. Little overkill for this project but, its fixed!

[Wagnikov 186]

It's protruding into the barrel at .030 still

You have all the tools already

But much better than you started with

[DavidQ 170]

I'll work on it some more tomorrow.