Repair of Deep Pitting

Ron Wood · 07-08-2009, 04:13 PM

All the restorers that I am aware of that resurrect basket case pitted guns build up the pits by TIG welding. If you can get your hands on the 4th Edition of Gun Collector's Digest (1985) there is an eye-popping article by Gale Morgan titled "1300 Grams of Rust...a photo essay on the restoration of a rare Broomhandle". It is 10 pages of step-by-step rebuilding of a rust pitted relic of a 20-shot Mauser. It is a TIG welding and machining tour de force.

07-08-2009, 04:13 PM	#2
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,121 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	All the restorers that I am aware of that resurrect basket case pitted guns build up the pits by TIG welding. If you can get your hands on the 4th Edition of Gun Collector's Digest (1985) there is an eye-popping article by Gale Morgan titled "1300 Grams of Rust...a photo essay on the restoration of a rare Broomhandle". It is 10 pages of step-by-step rebuilding of a rust pitted relic of a 20-shot Mauser. It is a TIG welding and machining tour de force. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction