Quote Originally Posted by Michpatriot View Post
I run a small welding shop and I'd fix that in 20 minutes start to finish. Take it to a skilled tig welder..low heat on pulse with .020 dia tungsten, a little pre and postflow on the argon..could heat paste inside and around the area but probably wouldn't be necessary. I'd groove out the crack with a tungsten carbide burr like at the dentist and fill up the groove with 308. After welding a little touch up with a stone and scotchbrite for a nice brushed finish on the lug. Took almost as much time typing as the whole job. If your really desperate p.m. me I'm in Michigan and you could ship it to a local FFL that I weld for occasionally.
Bam! Fixed!