Barrel lugs

[streetsniper]

What do you solder barrel lugs with? Would an electrical gun work or butane torch? Bill

 

[Slash]

We use propane here in the shop. An electric solding iron doesn't get hot enough for it as sturdy.
Slash

 

[Birddog6]

Definately not on the electrical soldering gun & if you're talking about one of those lil pen-type butane torches it will not be hot enough either, as the barrel is sucking up the heat. I use a acetalyne torch & us Stay-Brite Silver Bearing Solder to soft solder something.

I stuck a lug on top of this rifle just to show ya how I hold the lug in place with an old hacksaw blade. This keeps it where I want it & it not be slippin & sliding when I heat it up. I take the rubber tips off the clamp when I do it as not to mess the rubber up.

 

[bioprof]

Are you putting the barrel lugs on an octagon barrel or a round barrel? On an octagon barrel, you don't need to solder them on. Most are dovetailed into the barrel. If you get a good fit, they aren't going anywhere.

I use a triangular file with 2 safe (smooth) edges. It's easier than it sounds. Look at Mike Brook's gunbuilding tutorial for more information.

 

[Birddog6]

That would depend on how thick the waist is on the barrel at the narrowest part on a swamped barrel. On some of the real thin A weight barrels, I solder some of the lugs on & dovetail the others in. :wink:

 

[streetsniper]

I've got an oct to round smoothbore. The lug at the octogonal is already staked. I need to solder the two for the barrel. It seems a waste to buy a torch for two lugs. Would I use the same type of torch as for sweating pipes? I could probably get my hands on one of those. Thanx for the responses. Bill

 

[Birddog6]

Yes, that will work ! :thumbsup: