Originally Posted by
Oyaji
Art, having worked in a naval shipyard and known a good number of nuclear and non-nuclear weldors and fitters over the years, it is my understanding that a properly done weld is much stronger than the surrounding base metal. Of course for any real critical welding job, non-magnetic, particle testing was performed before the item was put to use. I would also think that for liability issues, the company you're dealing with has had an engineer and/or metallurgist examine the receivers for strength and integrity.