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Using high-temp solder to cosmetically alter rifle barrel? Anonymous Tue Sep 3 16:28:57 2024 No.2845549 [View]
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I want to fill in this groove in my rifle barrel. Its made of 4150 steel. I don't have a TIG torch and I don't really want to do it with MIG due to fear of warping or messing up the heat treatment. I'm considering using silver solder (or another solder that will resist heat whilst shooting) but the groove is fairly large so I'm not sure I can get the solder to fill it flush.

This issue is just cosmetic so heat resistance and general durability is the only concern I have. This surface isn't pressure bearing and doesn't ever interact with anything else. It will be painted over so I don't care about the materials compatibility with chemical surface conversions.

Any recommendations?

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