Welding Recoil Lugs

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hyper79

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Working on a switch barrel Rem 700, and wanted to have the recoil lug welded in place. Is there any problems with this?

If not are there any gunsmiths in West Michigan up to doing this?

Hyper:cool:
 
I don't think you would want to weld the recoil lug to the receiver. Welding could alter the heat treatment of the receiver and could warp the recoil lug. It might be possible to pin or soft solder a recoil lug to each barrel. You would have to make a fixture to hold the recoil lug in the proper position and tight to the shoulder of the barrel so you can soft solder it. Or turn the barrel the i.d. of the recoil lug leaving the shank long. Solder the lug on and then thread and fit the barrel to receiver and chamber it. The easiest thing to do would be to use an action that has the recoil lug made onto the receiver.
 
I would avoid welding the recoil luf=g to the action at all costs.

Get an oversize recoil lug and install it according to the directions. If you feel the lug is not solid enough (like for a real stomper rifle), you can always put a lug on the barrel.
 
recoil lug

Sir:
As the two gentlemen advised - never weld anything to or on an action.
When you do that you are at the decalescencs tep. of sth steel, worse yet you are totally ruining the homogenity of the original heat treat.
Much of an actions toughness and strength comes from heat -treatment.
There occurs a chemical change in the steel during heat-treatment!
Harry B.
 
switch bbl. 700

Sir:
A "switch-bbl" 700 puzzles me. I don't believe ANY 700 (in which the lugs lock in the action) could be made accurate over time; there would be wear in the joint that would ruin accuracy.
How, on earth, do you "lock" the bbls. in - I'd be interested in seeing it!
Thanks Harry B.
 
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