Hi Everyone
I am a new member as of this morning. I am a machinist 30+ year man and still learning. I am not much of a welder though. I work with a couple of youngsters that are welders with advanced schooling, but not advanced gun guys. My question is, can a side by side shotgun mono block be welded up from AISI 8620? Say a couple of 4" long 1 1\2 inch rounds properly fitted up, welded together, and then welded to a 4" long piece of 3\4 x 1 1\2 AISI 8620 flatbar? You see where I am going here. Of course the whole thing annealed before starting machine work. Chamber pressure could go up as high as a stock 303 Savage in a proper AISI 4140 barrel blank of course. Whaddaya think?
I am a new member as of this morning. I am a machinist 30+ year man and still learning. I am not much of a welder though. I work with a couple of youngsters that are welders with advanced schooling, but not advanced gun guys. My question is, can a side by side shotgun mono block be welded up from AISI 8620? Say a couple of 4" long 1 1\2 inch rounds properly fitted up, welded together, and then welded to a 4" long piece of 3\4 x 1 1\2 AISI 8620 flatbar? You see where I am going here. Of course the whole thing annealed before starting machine work. Chamber pressure could go up as high as a stock 303 Savage in a proper AISI 4140 barrel blank of course. Whaddaya think?