Barrel replacement services update!

[Olle]

Originally Posted by Rick W.

Hard silver solder is in the 1200F range, there are some folks that are a little touchy about using such on a barrel. High strength to be sure, but takes some skill that only comes with lots of experience. Everyone has to be at ease with what they are doing.

For us average garage guys, Brownells has a world of intermediate strength silver type solders. Some are offered in paste form, smallish coils, even thin ribbon(nice for ramps for some). Their two versions of HiForce 44 flow at much lower temperatures than hard silver solder and are quite strong.

I use Hi-Force 44, it's plenty strong enough for most applications. I would think that even regular plumbing solder will do in this particular case, capillary soldering makes a pretty strong bond. Personally, I would not even consider use hard silver solder. 1200F is when steel starts glowing red and I don't want to do that with a gun barrel. I'm sure it's ok in a professional shop where heating and cooling can be controlled, but that's not really the case in my basement...