Done right silver solder is a thin silver line.
I have seen front and rear sights sliver soldered on and it is not obvious at all.
Brazing is much more obvious.
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- Thread starter CoryTheCowboy
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Done right silver solder is a thin silver line.
I have seen front and rear sights sliver soldered on and it is not obvious at all.
Brazing is much more obvious.
Brassman66
CGN frequent flyer
On the other hand, with some well made and fitted parts, the line can be buried deep in a seam that is part of the design, or the gold lines can be accented with a wee bit of engraving.
Have not tried it myself, but have read more than one recommendation for clean coat hanger wire for a pretty forgiving filler. I'd bet on a more consistent result from the Low Nickel alloy from Brownell's though.
And, a lot of sins can be hidden under color case hardening!
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
They make brass black and a similar product to blacken solder, the solder black can be found at stained glass supply stores.
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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Jonnyofalltrades
Regular
- Location
- North-central Saskatchewan
Yes it did!
If someone wants some Intel on it, Bill Leeper would be the guy to talk to, he built my rifle, including the lever
modification
Cat
- Location
- Saskatchewan
Here's a totally different take on it.... why not have the entire part re-made? Any machine shop with a wire EDM cutting machine should be able to entirely duplicate this part, no problem, made from a higher carbon steel like 4340, no welding required, then you could file, blend, polish to exactly as you wish, before blueing it?
CoryTheCowboy
CGN Regular
I had it cut and welded by a fellow CGN'er and I'm very happy with the result. It's just cold blued for now so it isn't a perfect match, but it will work for now.
Cory
- Location
- Western Manitoba
OP - in your first Post - what you want - I would guess that is a No. 1 butt stock? - I see the pistol grip on it. Versus your finished picture in Post #31 - I think you have the straight hand stock for a No. 3 installed - not sure how that mod is going to work out one stock versus the other - but the metal job looks very nicely done!! You might have some wood working, yet to go, to get what you want? Might have been a thing at one time to install a No.1 butt stock onto a No. 3 rifle, which normally required that lever to be re-worked, like you have had done.
Some options - I think there were some old days rifles that ended up with a metal form - which would "match up" to look like your lever is now - was mounted on underside of straight hand stock and created like a "pistol" grip. Apparently gave you a tactile thing so that your hand / grip came to the same place on the stock - in relationship to that trigger - may or may not have actually been functional - I never owned one. I also have seen pictures of surplus "pistol grips" that used to be attached to underside of stock on straight handed Swede mauser rifles, to create a wood "pistol grip".
Here is a picture of an "add-on" pistol grip, as used on some Swede Mauser rifles - from page 266 of "Crown Jewels" by Dana Jones:
Looks like this version was "screwed-on" or "bolted on". Was also another variation that the actual stock was inletted, and then a "pistol grip" was glued in place. My guesstimate is that most people find a pistol grip better to use on a rifle - I think most of us prefer a straight hand stock when using double triggers - like on some shotguns - allows slight re-positioning of the shooting hand, for distance to trigger, for the two triggers. Not sure why straight hand stocks were used on many rifles though - would think one would need some sort of finger or hand reference?
Some options - I think there were some old days rifles that ended up with a metal form - which would "match up" to look like your lever is now - was mounted on underside of straight hand stock and created like a "pistol" grip. Apparently gave you a tactile thing so that your hand / grip came to the same place on the stock - in relationship to that trigger - may or may not have actually been functional - I never owned one. I also have seen pictures of surplus "pistol grips" that used to be attached to underside of stock on straight handed Swede mauser rifles, to create a wood "pistol grip".
Here is a picture of an "add-on" pistol grip, as used on some Swede Mauser rifles - from page 266 of "Crown Jewels" by Dana Jones:
Looks like this version was "screwed-on" or "bolted on". Was also another variation that the actual stock was inletted, and then a "pistol grip" was glued in place. My guesstimate is that most people find a pistol grip better to use on a rifle - I think most of us prefer a straight hand stock when using double triggers - like on some shotguns - allows slight re-positioning of the shooting hand, for distance to trigger, for the two triggers. Not sure why straight hand stocks were used on many rifles though - would think one would need some sort of finger or hand reference?
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