1917 DWM Artillery Luger Restoration-BAD BAD DOG-YIKES!!

Hawkeye · 12-05-2009, 05:39 PM

Hi new guy Question here . Years ago i was around a lot of the Oil Fields Off Shore Drilling Operations and the machine shops associated with that Industry.
I saw one of the machinist on his off time use one of the lathes and Mills to help him restore an old 1886 Winchester Rifle barreled receiver, that was pitted as bad ,or worse than that Luger was in those Photos.
He first at cleaned it down to the bare metal and then used a Metalizeing Gun on it ,That device fires a composite of powdered Metal that is the same Rockwell Hardness as the work .
The work is grounded, and the metal from the gun sparks like tiny welding sparks when it hits the work area.
Its used to build up Bearing surfaces that are in a place where not a lot of heat can be used ,and it leaves a uniform area to re-bore the race.
Of course the entire area where its placed has to be milled back down then to Factory Specs .But to my question ,have any of you seen this done to a Luger or a C96 ?
It worked wonderfully on that Winchester Rifle , and the re-blue was uniform and not splotchy.

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12-05-2009, 05:39 PM	#26
Hawkeye User Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi new guy Question here . Years ago i was around a lot of the Oil Fields Off Shore Drilling Operations and the machine shops associated with that Industry. I saw one of the machinist on his off time use one of the lathes and Mills to help him restore an old 1886 Winchester Rifle barreled receiver, that was pitted as bad ,or worse than that Luger was in those Photos. He first at cleaned it down to the bare metal and then used a Metalizeing Gun on it ,That device fires a composite of powdered Metal that is the same Rockwell Hardness as the work . The work is grounded, and the metal from the gun sparks like tiny welding sparks when it hits the work area. Its used to build up Bearing surfaces that are in a place where not a lot of heat can be used ,and it leaves a uniform area to re-bore the race. Of course the entire area where its placed has to be milled back down then to Factory Specs .But to my question ,have any of you seen this done to a Luger or a C96 ? It worked wonderfully on that Winchester Rifle , and the re-blue was uniform and not splotchy.