Welding M1A Receiver

oberkommando · October 9, 1999, 02:11 AM

Need more input about welding case hardened M1A SPRINGFIELD RECEIVER have been told by smith enterprise that they can weld rear lug on gun no problem been doing it for years and can re-case harden, been told by fulton never to weld case hardened receiver, can crack.

Would prefer to convert my standard rifle, instead of buying super match. Will glass bed and add apropriate barrel, trigger and other items needed.

metro25 · October 9, 1999, 03:15 AM

Ober,
Check out this site. They are in Oceanside,CA
http://www.creedmoorsports.com/

oberkommando · October 9, 1999, 03:49 AM

Thanks Metro25 for very, very, fast response, sound like late nighter like myself

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**4V50 Gary** · October 9, 1999, 10:02 AM

If the weld is in a non-critical area, and a proper heat sink is used so as to minimalize the effects, then it should pose no problem...So says my instructor (retired engineer) who had us fabricate our own lugs and weld them on.

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October 9, 1999, 02:11 AM	#1
oberkommando Senior Member Join Date: September 25, 1999 Posts: 1,158	Need more input about welding case hardened M1A SPRINGFIELD RECEIVER have been told by smith enterprise that they can weld rear lug on gun no problem been doing it for years and can re-case harden, been told by fulton never to weld case hardened receiver, can crack. Would prefer to convert my standard rifle, instead of buying super match. Will glass bed and add apropriate barrel, trigger and other items needed.

October 9, 1999, 03:15 AM	#2
metro25 Member Join Date: July 11, 1999 Posts: 75	Ober, Check out this site. They are in Oceanside,CA http://www.creedmoorsports.com/

October 9, 1999, 03:49 AM	#3
oberkommando Senior Member Join Date: September 25, 1999 Posts: 1,158	Thanks Metro25 for very, very, fast response, sound like late nighter like myself ------------------ The beauty of the second Amendment is that it is not needed until they try to take it. T JEFFERSON

October 9, 1999, 10:02 AM	#4
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,829	If the weld is in a non-critical area, and a proper heat sink is used so as to minimalize the effects, then it should pose no problem...So says my instructor (retired engineer) who had us fabricate our own lugs and weld them on. ------------------ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt