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Originally Posted by Norman  A gun smith can tell you how to annel a small area to drill it if its hardeded at least I heard that from someone. I'm not up on it. I think you have to heat it up to a red color and stick it in lime dust or something you might look it up on the web or ask your friendly gun smith. |
For drilling chromemoly or other tough (hardened) metals I always chucked up a hardwood dowel in the drillpress and ran it down on the spot to be drilled until it was smokin' good, then let it cool and drill.
Learned that from my Grandpa Elwood, 1901-1969.... real old school.