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05-13-2015, 11:00 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: NE Wisconsin
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| I want to DIY a beavertail to my Hi Power, any advice?
I'm considering picking up one of the many surplus Hi Powers on the market these days and tinker around with it as a little project. In addition to sights, trigger, and overal cosmetics, I am considering extending the beavertail. I am by no means a professional gunsmith, but with an engineering degree and a background in machining, I imagine it'll be tedious, but overall not that difficult to do properly. So my first question is, is there concern when doing frame modifications to have the types of steel match? (e.g. if the frame is 4140 steel, is it critical to weld on a 4140 beavertail?) |
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05-22-2015, 06:39 PM
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From a metallurgical standpoint, it isn't critical. I'm not sure if the finish will be uniform, however.
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05-22-2015, 08:24 PM
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Maybe you could use Heatstop to prevent any damage to the rest of the frame finish.
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05-22-2015, 11:18 PM
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So moving on to the general approach of adding a beavertail, Does anyone have any thoughts on the general process? 1. Cut a keyway of sorts in the frame to interface the new bit of material 2. Roughly shape piece of material being added 3. clean/degrease/sandblast both pieces 4. Silver solder? or weld the new section in 5. Shaping of the beavertail to my liking 6. polish out all the contours 7. Prep for finish | ||
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10-13-2015, 10:51 AM
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Just TIG a piece on, finish shaping and refinish as desired. Not a lot of stress here and it's basically all cosmetic. Jeff Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk |
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