jaeger trigger guard

[omark]

Working on a jaeger and the steel guard needs bent. Is this done hot or cold?    Thanks in advance, Mark

[Long Ears]

It depends on how much you need to bend it. For what it's worth its always safer to heat any steel unless it is carbon steel like a frizzle, springs or trigger parts. They need annealed and then re-hardened and tempered. Bob

[bama]

Heat it, it will bend much easier. A lot of the steel guards i have run into almost act like a spring. In that you can try to bend them a little but they only flex and return back to original postition. Push them a little farther and they will crack just like a spring that has been pushed to far. Ask me how i know! 😳 Heat your guard to at least red/orange then bend it.

[omark]

Thanks guys. For some reason I thought some of them were more like cast iron and couldn't be bent much if any. Thanks again, Mark