Why you should wear eye protection.

[jamiejaf]

Its overwelded. The rear should've been bevelled nice and clean and one small tig weld all round would've been sufficient. ..and as for heat treating, CAPITAL BS. I never heat treat anything unless I'm hardening something for wear resistance. P.M me i'll fix it for a box of .45.

 

[cosmic]

Gasp - They mean heat treating to reduce the hardness ... ie the weld is brittle

 

[Bobby Ironsights]

I'm surprised. That looks like a good weld in the first pic.

 

[Smoothbore]

You only come from the factory with one set of eyes
that's why I always wear eye protection.

I'm not a welder, so I will limit my comments to the human side of things:
I am very glad you are ok.

 

[Hotwheels81]

you cant really tell a welds quality by its appearance... and tig 90% of the time looks butter smooth... a "good" tig weld can range in appearance from a "stack of dimes" to invisable aside from the heat discolouration.

you can even double over a crappy mig/stick job with a tig to give it a fine finish even tho the original weld is horrible...

not knocking anyone here, believe me i have alot of respect for welders/fabbers/tin bangers etc because i work in that field from time to time... but just because someone has such an such a ticket does not mean they have specific experiance with any given situation, some things require very specific hands on experiance that is only gained by trial and error... and sometimes dumb luck

if nobody made mistakes the world would be a very dull place.

 

[juanvaldez]

Poor gun...is it ok?

 

[Stevo]

Poor gun...is it ok?

Sure. It'll run with no handle, you just need to work the bolt by pinching the stripper clip guide.

I'm going to put my spare regular bolt carrier back in it for now.

 

[CobraGT]

wow, glad you've still got both eyes!!! (along with hopefully most of your teeth! )

 

[Redlight35]

"I thought he gave that up?"

Not really, but he really doesn't like welding anymore. I think he's more into home renos this last while! LOL! I'm sure that will change too when he finally gets his house back together!

 

[HeadDamage]

Looks heavy... might want to bore it out and make it lighter next time to reduce the weight, that should help a bit.

 

[Stevo]

Looks heavy... might want to bore it out and make it lighter next time to reduce the weight, that should help a bit.

It's smaller in diameter than the stock handle, particularly at the base.

 

[scruffee]

ouch that must hurt like a b***

 

[DMcFaul]

I've got ~3000 rnds on mine since I did my left-side mod. Zero problems with the drill & tap method here. I also screwed the shaft into a bit of JB weld for good measure. I also reamed my handle out a bit to lighten up the action a bit since doing the mod.

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287083

 

[Vimy Ridge]

Get some Sawfly revisions

+ 1

 

[suprathepeg]

If your gonna weld to the carrier you should generally have the carrier heat treated once you are done. IMHO.