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Posted: 4/24/2006 7:08:20 PM EDT
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kasenit case hardening compound is what ur talking about. get it at brownells. you didnt harden it right. first you need to harden it by heating it to around 1500 F and then quencing it. it will be very hard, but very brittle now. to make it not so brittle you heat it again to around 800 F and then let it aircool. gunsgutsandgod.com/SBS%20tutorial.htm for more info. edit: www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2005/souptonuts2/index.asp also has some good heattreating info. |
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Thanks. I'll have to check ebay, brownells is out of stock. But that procedure is exactly what I did... My best guess is that I didn't heat it up enough, although it got to orange heat? Is it true that there should be no deformation at all, ever? edit - It appears as though you still have to quench with kasenit. That's what I was hoping to avoid. How do I do that without tossing the rifle in the bathtub? hinking.gif |
| I have had to re-harden ejectors on complete rifles in the past. I removed all the parts that I could, (fcg, furniture, etc), then did my initial heat, quenched the whole receiver, cleaned up the ejector then did my tempering heat. When the rifle was completely cool I hit the whole rifle with WD-40 and cleaned and oiled as usual. |
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