Hi-Power barrel crack w pics.. Suggestions?

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Well fella's. Now I have to put the techies to work on this. I would appreciate some help with this. It is a 9 mm. and I bought it from an estate of my pal who passed away. I have no idea of warranty.

1. New barrel?
2. Weld crack?

What to do?

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Definitely need a new barrel. Are you covered by a warantee? How did it happen? Is it 9mm or .40? I would want to be sure what caused it before replacing the barrel and firing again. Cheers
 
new barrel. if you weld it. it will change the make up of the steel make it softer or more brittle and you will be back at square one again. braizing wouldent be strong enough. so a new barrel is about the only way.
 
BBq_Woa! said:
is it possible that you re-assembled it with the spring guide upside down?
doing so causes a lot of wear and stress
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Installing the spring guide upside down will not cause a lot of wear and stress being that well the slide will not rack and you will realize the first time you racked it that it was in wrong because it would bind up.

chauch2001 - looking at the wear and the rust spots I say the gun has been past warranty years ago. FN or Browning 9mm?
 
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Browning. But the barrel does not have a serial number on it so it may be a replacement. I spoke to Browning and the serial # suggests a late 70's firearm.

BBq - It appears that the guide sits offset to the barrel. Can't install upside down as McC suggests.

LOL and I have to defend myself here boys. There is no rust. There is a lot of wear though. I appreciate all this.
 
chauch2001 said:
Browning. But the barrel does not have a serial number on it so it may be a replacement. I spoke to Browning and the serial # suggests a late 70's firearm.

BBq - It appears that the guide sits offset to the barrel. Can't install upside down as McC suggests.

LOL and I have to defend myself here boys. There is no rust. There is a lot of wear though. I appreciate all this.
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Oh you can install it upside down, Its just gonna bind up when you rack the slide after you put it back together.
 
As mentioned, replace the barrel. I got a kick out of the mention of the spring guide being upside down causing extra wear! That sure was funny!:D Put a smile on my face first thing in the morning!
 
The military has a few hundred thousand (I joke) Brownings in the system. Every soldier in Afghanistan seems to be issued one, so there are at least 3000 serviceable ones. At some point in the depths of time the military encountered the same problem as you have. Their solution was to fit relacement barrels from FN. The identification difference between a Canadian one-piece military barrel and a replacement Belgian barrel is an obvious weld seam connecting the leg to the barrel. These welds break.
 
This is the second most common area for the BHP barrel to break. I have replaced a couple that looked exactly the way that one does. There is no way of fixing that barrel....
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
The military has a few hundred thousand (I joke) Brownings in the system. Every soldier in Afghanistan seems to be issued one, so there are at least 3000 serviceable ones. At some point in the depths of time the military encountered the same problem as you have. Their solution was to fit relacement barrels from FN. The identification difference between a Canadian one-piece military barrel and a replacement Belgian barrel is an obvious weld seam connecting the leg to the barrel. These welds break.
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The seam is arround the barrel at the chamber.

The barrels are 2 piece with the chamber being added to the barrel.

Also check out BarSto they make their HP barrels the same way.
 
Ian Robertson said:
If you can find a good tig guy, weld it, nothing to lose based on what others have said about them being welded in the first place.
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They are not welded in the first place. The chamber is pressed in to prevent the common RH lower corner crack that progresses into the chamber. There is no welded portion on that barrel.
 
The lug is an integral part of the breech portion of the barrel. As RePete has pointed out, you can see the seam where the tube portion is fitted to the breech. I would expect that it is a sleeve arrangement.
Get a new barrel. Easiest and best remedy.
 
Being a welder I can't agree that the line is a weld...every weld that I have ground down & polished disappears...possibly a (cryo)force fit? Anyway, your failure is definitely a material failure, not a weld, that is one solid milled piece...being a Browning, if the barrel is also a Browning, I'm surprised they wouldn't reconcile in some manner.
 
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