I have an old Winchester 1906 (well, one of them anyway), that I picked up as a project. The simpleton that owned it before me tried to tap the tube magazine dove tail out rather than what he should have done (i.e. twist them off, as intended).
the gun is parts complete, but the dovetail slots that hold the rings are obviously wrecked. I was thinking metal bond epoxy, as a solution. This way I can still separate them if needed.
Some surprising tough metal epoxies out there. I would give it a go. Can be shaped with a file afterwards. Don’t imagine there would be a ton of torque or strength required there.
Yeah, I was thinking solder and came to the same conclusion. @bentaz gave me some epoxy specifically for this, just wanted to throw it out here and see if anyone has better thought.
That said, I am planning to try my hand at rust. I have all the components and an old gun to test it on first, so we’ll see how it goes. Probably get a start on that on Sunday or something and see how we go. Slowly getting through my project list, which is rewarding.
Geez I was going to say, if this was your gun it would be a very short lived project. Ive been looking for one a little pump gun as well but a nice little lever action came up this week that I could pass on!