littlephil
New member
Ok, so I just removed the sights from my nagant m44 and used heat to melt the solder just like I've read to do, only there was no solder. We heated the front sight/bayonet lug till it was red before it came off. The muzzle was also red from the heat. The rear sight base also turned red but the barrel only got discolored from the heat. We let the barrel air cool afterwards. My question is, can a barrel be ruined from this kind of heat? I've read that barrels aren't tempered for hardness like receivers are, so will the heat hurt the barrel or will it be fine?