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CoryTheCowboy

CoryTheCowboy

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Howdy folks,

I'm looking for someone who can modify a Ruger #3 lever for me. This is the factory

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And this is what I'd like.

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I'm just wondering if anyone has a recommendation? I don't have any local welders that I'd completely trust with the job, so I'm willing to ship to someone.

Thank you,

Cory
 
Yeah... you're not going to find many "welders" capable of doing that. A skilled gunmaker could though. Ralf Martini maybe? PR Precision may also be willing/able.
 
Any good welder can do it, just cutting the tail off and reattach. Then fileing polish and finish you could do yourself.
 
MRP said:
Any good welder can do it, just cutting the tail off and reattach. Then fileing polish and finish you could do yourself.
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Speaking from painful experience, the bluing will look terrible after welding with just your average weld wire or rod.
It's pretty tricky to get it to look right.
If you're OK with it looking mottled(ie. Cerakoting), go ahead and get anybody to weld it.
 
the trick is. once welded and polished.
You have to heat treat it in a toaster oven on 350F for 3hrs. Let it cool.
Then the bluing will come out very even.
 
IF,IF,IF any copper plating to prevent corrosion on the filler wire/rod is NOT removed prior to TIG welding,the filler will NOT match the parent material since the copper will float to the top & prevent any bluing process.

Not my first Rodeo!
 
DANS40X said:
IF,IF,IF any copper plating to prevent corrosion on the filler wire/rod is NOT removed prior to TIG welding,the filler will NOT match the parent material since the copper will float to the top & prevent any bluing process.

Not my first Rodeo!
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I've never had any problem bluing welds, and all my filler rods for tig and wire for mig is copper coated. Yes, welds can take the blue different from parent material, but I can't accept the blanket statement you have made, and I have welded a lot of gun parts with ER70S series copper coated filler from gun bolts to magazines, mag wells, receivers, m14 gas systems, op rods, etc.
 
Grizzlypeg said:
I've never had any problem bluing welds, and all my filler rods for tig and wire for mig is copper coated. Yes, welds can take the blue different from parent material, but I can't accept the blanket statement you have made, and I have welded a lot of gun parts with ER70S series copper coated filler from gun bolts to magazines, mag wells, receivers, m14 gas systems, op rods, etc.
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In the past 5 decades, my experiences have been different from yours.

Good Luck
 
DANS40X said:
In the past 5 decades, my experiences have been different from yours.

Good Luck
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Is it that the welds don't take any blue, or is it that they have a lighter shade, or perhaps a brownish shade compared to the other metal? Does it do the same thing if the weld is ground down and removes that surface copper? Most of the welds I've done, the weld is ground down and finished to match the base metal. Shouldn't that remove the surface copper you believe is interfering with the blue process?
 
I am a journeyman welder with GTAW experience. Long story short. Take it to a gunsmith, if they can't do it, odds are great they'll have a guy who they trust to do the job.

-S.
 
I experimented a few times with various methods of welding and polishing and bluing that part...

Brownells offer a low nickel rod for gas welding that blued very nicely closely matching the original... tried tig with that rod too... worked not bad... and mig... it too worked pretty good.

If gas welding plain rod is not that good... use the Brownells low nickel rod.
 
For that Silver solder will work.
Get a second lever firstand do the mod on it, Install it after it is finished. That adds value as there are two options if you sell the gun or decide to go to the old style
 
Don't you love seeing a nicely blued steel part with silver soldering or brazing within that part standing out like gold? yuuuch!
 
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