Col. Batguano
75 Cal.
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Do NOT use a saw or something like that to undercut the thick part of the tab so you can start the rear of it bending sooner! If you do, and try it, the front of the tang (attached to the tab) will have leverage when it bends and contacts the part that isn't while you are bending, and the whole front might break off. I tried that (also shortening the tab in the back with a grinder) and had that exact thing happen. It was a mess to get it all welded back in place at just the right angles.
It's axiomatic, but it seems the part of gun building that takes the most thought and time are fixing the things that you didn't think through, and didn't take your time on---tried to rush.
It's axiomatic, but it seems the part of gun building that takes the most thought and time are fixing the things that you didn't think through, and didn't take your time on---tried to rush.
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