Erasing the stamping on an HW breech

[angrybear]

MIG then mill.

I thought that's the only reasonable permanent solution. I'm going to have a furtle with it next week.

Surely the heat will both distort & de-temper the metal

[T 20]

Surely the heat will both distort & de-temper the metal

The block is just mild steel.

Venom used to weld the rear sight mounting holes up Weihrauch breeches.

[angrybear]

The block is just mild steel.

Venom used to weld the rear sight mounting holes up Weihrauch breeches.

I thought he was on about the breech not the block.
Maybe Venom used a water bath or heat block putty to dissipate the heat ?

I was just adding a note of caution

[cooper_dan]

depends how you want to finish it. If you are going to blue it, it might be tricky to get a proper match. Whatever metal you fill it with will more than likely be a different composition to the material of the action. Good chance they will blue slightly differently

[piggy589]

Why be concerned by the stamping on the breech block?,as for attacking such a precise component with a mig welder .

[mattyw1987]

I would tig weld it as the impurities from mig welding might make it stand out once blued.