Earlier this week I finished soldering the ribs on the 6.5x57R barrels, then spent a day cleaning up the resultant mess of flux and surplus solder. The barrels are now at my friend Bill's place so that he can mill the dovetails and mortises in the top rib for the sights and the scope bases.

Below is a photo of the .32-20 WCF barrels. I have tinned all surfaces with Hi-Force solder and acid flux and scrubbed away all residual acid afterwards with hot soapy water. I then coated all mating surfaces with liquid rosin flux and have it clamped up in my jig ready for final soldering. Now I find that my oxygen tank is empty so completion will have to wait until Monday.