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There are gunsmiths that 'fix' off-face doubles by heating and bending the worn-out locking lugs. You can imagine what improperly applied heat can do to a rifle. According to my gunsmith this practice is more widespread then one might wish for, and quite dangerous for the shooter, as the metallurgical properties of the entire barrel-bundle are altered by this.

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Sound like dodgy gunworks to me, but cant understan how it would affect the barrels anymore then the brazing of the lump? A proper smith would see the temprature and would also see to that it gets the proper cooling for it to regain if lost its strenght, or am i missing something, as usuall.

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