"Back on Face" Problems

[Eldon Goddard]

I have been attempting to put my Ithaca flues back on face. I had my friend tig weld the hook and it was going well till I started on the breech face got most of it to contact using my oil lamp and files, but then I noticed that it was begining to come loose... so I must have taken to much off the face. I think my problem was that I did not get enough contact on the hook before I started working on the breach face. Long story short I get to start all over again. Calling my welder friend tonight. I would like to say to all the gunsmiths on this forum that whatever you are getting paid to put a gun back on face it is not enough. It is alot of work and I have the black hands to prove it.