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Re working a iron trigger guard
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If it came from TVM, I'm sure it is made out of cast steel so there shouldn't be any problem with welding it if your good at welding.
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Get somebody to TIG weld it. If you fit it up well minimal filler is required and the heat is much more focused and controllable.
A TIG weld is also much softer than MIG and will be a bunch easier to file and blend in.
I just had to weld up the side of a Bridger tang from Track of the Wolf, it had a deep divot in the waist of it and if I filed out the other side to match it would have been way too narrow. I built it up about an 1/8" to give me enough to file back for full thickness. It files no worse than the parent metal. No way you could have done that with a MIG.
A TIG weld is also much softer than MIG and will be a bunch easier to file and blend in.
I just had to weld up the side of a Bridger tang from Track of the Wolf, it had a deep divot in the waist of it and if I filed out the other side to match it would have been way too narrow. I built it up about an 1/8" to give me enough to file back for full thickness. It files no worse than the parent metal. No way you could have done that with a MIG.
