Bending tang

[Ridgerun]

New to this....can you cold bend longrifle tang, or should it be heated?

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

I assume you don't have to bend it far.  I'd bend it cold.

[jerrywh]

Be careful if you don't do it correctly it will bend at the screw hole. That will be hard to correct. 

[Not English]

I've always bent them cold. Start at the solid part with it installed in the barrel, give it a good whack with an anvil or something solid underneath it. Take a look and proceed to bend the rest over the horn of the anvil or something similar until happy with the curve. After draw filing and prepping the tang for inletting, you won't see any hammer marks.

[Stophel]

Most tangs are also three times thicker than they have to be.  Saw off the underside of the tang so it's not so crazy thick. 

[Herb]

What kind of tang for what kind of rifle?  It really is important.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Herb's right.  We are all assuming its a flint tang for a longrifle.  A better description or better yet, a photo, would get you more precise and accurate answers.

[Waksupi]

I put them in a padded vise, and bend them with a crescent wrench.