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Offline Cades Cove Fiddler

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... IRON GUN FITTINGS
« on: July 16, 2017, 07:21:54 PM »
 :-\ :-\.... May I assume that the commercial supplier "iron" fittings,... trigger-guard, butt-plate, patchbox, etc., for Tennessee & Southern Mountain Rifles are actually cast steel ...???.... can they be cold bent and modified without breaking, or must they be heated...?? 


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Offline longcruise

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Re: ... IRON GUN FITTINGS
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2017, 07:28:54 PM »
I broke one cold bending.  Next time I'll use heat
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Re: ... IRON GUN FITTINGS
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2017, 07:35:58 PM »
Sand cast or investment cast?  Sand cast ones will snap in a NY minute.  Generally investment cast ones can be cold bent if the bend is minor.
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Offline Majorjoel

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Re: ... IRON GUN FITTINGS
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2017, 08:25:49 PM »
The first and last store bought iron trigger guard I bought broke when I tried to slightly cold bend it.

Snapped right along the mid hand guard rail and it packed quite a stinging wallop to my tender mit that was holding it!
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Re: ... IRON GUN FITTINGS
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2017, 09:07:18 PM »
  Cades I would use a hand forged one. When you heat them they bend easy. Also to me they look so much better.
  Also come over to the table at the CLA show. I'll have a couple with me. That I might part with. Oldtravler
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: ... IRON GUN FITTINGS
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2017, 11:16:58 PM »
I  cold bend investment cast t-guards all the time. Mostly no problemo, sometimes I probably could have shook my woo-woo stick a couple more times and not broke the guard....
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Offline Cades Cove Fiddler

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Re: ... IRON GUN FITTINGS
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2017, 02:43:11 AM »
 ;D ;D... Thanx, traveler... I need to replace the T-G on an earlier build... will bring it with me to compare... see you there... !!!...Regards....
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