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Posted: 7/23/2006 5:50:33 PM EDT
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Soft solders melt from several hundred degrees to as high as 600 degrees. REAL silver "solder" is silver BRAZE and melts around 1100 degrees and higher. Brownell's sell several types, the best for sight work is the type that's a paste of the braze and a flux. www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/store/productdetail.aspx?p=645 (The second one) Brownell's High-force 44 is a harder, tougher soft solder that may be strong enough for shotgun sights. www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=711&title=HI-TEMP+HI-FORCE+44?%20SOLDER Keep in mind, with silver braze, the exterior finish will be ruined, since the metal has to be heated to a red heat. This means you'll have to refinish the barrel AND polish the interior again. Keep the heat away from barrel support rings or mounts, since these too are brazed on the barrel, and can fall off if heated. |
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I always did, or the customers complained about the discoloration. It's not hard to do at home. Just get a well worn shotgun brush, wrap some 0000 steel wool around it and put it on a shotgun cleaning rod. Chuck the rod in a drill, and running the drill at medium speed, keep the brush constantly moving up and down the bore. |
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