The TIG welding went very well. One of my friends welds for a living, so it wasn't anything for him to set up a jig and weld per specs. It isn't coming off without a bit of work with a grinder.

The Blue Streak is much louder than my supressed 10/22, which was suprising to me. I have a good selection of pellets for it already, but some silver bears are on the way from Pyramid Air.