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Thread: Winchester 88 Restoration

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    Quote Originally Posted by Makros View Post
    The first two passes on the barrelled action revealed a few solder spots/smears I couldn't see. This was form me having to resolder the front sight ramp on so I cleaned those up. Front sight ramp was rusty underneath and only had about 1cm of solder hanging on and it predictably popped off when I went to remove the front sight element. Cleaned up and re-soldered it now has 100% solder contact and you can't see my join .
    Looks like nice work all round. Must be satisfying.
    Just a tip on sweating/soldering parts - you can use a pencil to "draw around" where you want solder. give it about a 1/4" border - this in addition to only fluxing where you want solder, will stop it from running away (or rather, sticking, when it does run away)

 

 

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