Update : 1914 DWM Artillery luger project, now with Art. bbl.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by KABAR2

See if there is a good machine shop in your area ask if they have a welder who does TIG , if they do ask to see samples of his work most welders who do it all the time can lay a fine tight bead explain what you want done and you should have good results .... I have a TIG welder and do passable work but I don't do enough of it to stay practiced so I wait till I have a few large projects to work on before I attempt the small stuff.

The key here is "good job", it is not so bad that I want to take a chance on someone making it worse, instead of better.

It will always be restored anyway, with the dovetail clearly visible from the side when dis-assembled.

I'm just going to leave it alone.