Untapped Hole in my reciever

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DarExc

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I have a K98 for which there were 2 tiny holes tapped in the reciever, I brought it to a buddy to drill out and fill. Anyway, he drilled them out into a 3cm hole or so and said he'd find a pin to fill it. Like an idiot he had some rounds and shot it in the woods at his place a few days later with this hole still there. That never happened before with the 2 tiny holes but now its one big one. What I'd like to know is because the hole is so big now can it be filled with a pin and welding?
 
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lol well I'm wondering if the replacement pin can be just a flat pin (which will still have a gap in the reciever as it wont fit to the round or if the bottom needs to be perfectly shapped to the curve of the round so there are no gaps at all. If thats the case I'm not sure that can be done?

I guess what I'm asking is, will it be enough the reciever is air tight or must there be no room at all for the casing to expand.
 
Hole that can not be repaired!!!!!

You have a hole through the receiver and barrel into the chamber. Soooooooo the barrel is now scrap, you cannot repair this. The best solution would be to scrap the complete rifle. Don't shoot it again like that.
 
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if you have holes into the reciever, your gun is pretty much scrap. especialy a 3cm hole. (thats a big freaking hole). if you weld it you will have a chamber with a screwed up patch in it that will make extracting casings virtualy impossable. if you put a pin in and weld it, you risk having the weld let go and blow the pin out. and you will have to re cut the chamber hoping that there isnt to much damage to the chamber from welding.

as for shooting it right now. im ammazed you didnt injure yourself doing it.
 
Sorry, pulled out a ruler, it's 1cm not 3, I'm a computer guy so this stuff is beyond me.
 
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the heat generated by the welding changes the hardness of the steel.

and in the part of the gun which is getting pretty much the highest pressure thats a bad thing.

in general most gunsmiths wont weld a reciever, or bbl becuase of the liability issue if it decides to let go and hurt the user.
 
Hmm, well for the cost of a new barrel I think its worth replacing, if I had it welded I'd be too afraid now then, even for someone who might have it 50 years from now. Too bad it wasn't thicker for a big pin. Bubba keeps f***ing me over.
 
Maybe you should be more clear...

A hole in your receiver does not matter... it seems you are describing a hole in your barrel. If that is the case, it may be repairable, but not by you or your friend.
 
lol, ok, pics tomorrow or monday, can't find my camera for the last while :) I'll post the hole in the round too, I kept it as a lucky charm ;p The hole in the casing is right at the end in the lip where the bullet sits, it is about 1cm around as well. It's not in the barrel, it's in the chamber (which I refer to as the receiver too, maybe incorrectly?) but you have to replace the entire thing on this rifle.
 
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I'm trying to picture this and make some sense, ....your buddy opened the two holes up and drilled a 1cm hole through into the chamber? If so, it's toast!!!
You'd have to fill the hole in the rceiver, and that's big, and then clean up the receiver and re-harden before installing a new barrel.
Toss it in the nearest garbage can stripped of parts that you can sell for a few bucks and call it "education"!!!
 
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lol, ok, pics tomorrow or monday, can't find my camera for the last while :) I'll post the hole in the round too, I kept it as a lucky charm ;p The hole in the casing is right at the end in the lip where the bullet sits, it is about 1cm around as well. It's not in the barrel, it's in the chamber (which I refer to as the receiver too, maybe incorrectly?) but you have to replace the entire thing on this rifle.
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The barrel screws into the receiver. The barrel has the chamber reamed in it. After the chamber is the rifled part of the barrel.

Holes in the receiver don't matter that much... holes in the barrel matter a lot.

To repair this (if it is possible) will require removing the barrel from the receiver. If the hole is into the chamber, it may be possible to repair it. If not repairable, a new barrel will need to be installed. Neither you or your friend are capable of any of this.
 
Ok, I thought the barrel amd receiver were one on the K98 like the K43 and other German arms. Well it's certainly not in the barrel as I can see the casing through it, the pressure all came through the casing and through the hole. I think the best bet is to just take it to the Gun Smith then and have him say yes or no. My buddy figured one big hole would be easier to fix with a big pin than 2 little ones, I don't even know why the holes were there.

The saddest thing is it's all matching, even the bolt.
 
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Ok, I thought the barrel amd receiver were one on the K98 like the K43 and other German arms. Well it's certainly not in the barrel as I can see the casing through it...
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Apparently you have no idea what a barrel even is.:eek:
 
Ok so there were two holes in the top of the receiver, likley put there to mount a scope base, so instead of tapping the holes and putting plug screws in them, he drilled one gigantic hole, and it probably took out a half circle portion of the chamber face, resulting in an unsupported case?

If so, idiot is an understatement.
 
It sounds like the hole is through the reciever and into the chamber?
The chamber is part of the barrel.
Come on, give us some pics please:)
 
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