Barrel lugs

[robertdeans72]

Hello all,

I am working on a Baker Rifle and I have to attach the four lugs under the barrel for the "keys" to grab in order to fix the barrel to the stock. There are four dovetails in place already but my question is what is the best way to attach these fittings to the barrel? Braze? Silver Solder? It would seem to me that what ever method was used it would have to be very strong....

Thanks,
Rob

 

[Birddog6]

If you have dovetails in the barrel, you just make the underlug fit the dovetail & tap it in. I only know of one or two guys that solder them in, and thy dovetail them & then sweat the solder in with soft low temp. solder, not silver solder or braze. Silver solder or brazing it would requir too much heat on the barrel for my comfort.

 

[Vaino]

If the lugs aren't made then I would use an upsetting chisel to raise steel on both sides of the dovetail, fit the lugs, peen down the raised steel and file smooth. They're not coming out and I prefer this method in lieu of a press fit or soldering......Fred

 

[robertdeans72]

Thanks for the responses.....

So just regular old plumber's solder in conjunction with the dovetails then,........ I'm certainly not an authority but it just seemed like it would need to be more secure than that...... I'd be shooting 60-100 grains......

Thanks,

Rob

 

[paulvallandigham]

If the lugs are filed to fit the dovetail slots in the barrel, the will hold very well. That is the advantage of the triangle shape of the dove tail, in wood or steel.

 

[Zonie]

Just quickly going thru some numbers a 1/16 inch deep dovetail 3/8 of an inch long in the typical low carbon steel that our gun barrels are made from would take almost 100 pounds of force pulling directly down on it.
That's just for one of them.

As they say with Cheese, "Never underestimate the power of a Dovetail."

 

[Birddog6]

The wood will break before the dovetail will come out. All you are doing is holding the wood up to the barrel. 60-100 grains has nothing to do with it as the recoil is going back & if the underlugs are in properly, there will be no recoil at all on the underlugs.