Uncle Miltie
50 Cal.
Always leaves marks and sometimes damage.Just the same as removing a nut from a bolt. Lefty loosey, righty tighty.
Always leaves marks and sometimes damage.Just the same as removing a nut from a bolt. Lefty loosey, righty tighty.
No it doesn’t.Always leaves marks and sometimes damage.
not when you use the PROPER tools. a large vise and a pipe wrench are not the proper tools.Always leaves marks and sometimes damage.
No it doesn’t.
I have an SMR in a 45. Had the same thing happen to me last summer. Threads broke off on the puller. I tried everything. I ended up pulling out the touchhole liner and was able to push the ball forward enough to get some powder behind it. Screwed the liner in enough and shot it out. Then replaced the linerI was at a match today shooting a .32 SMR. I have this rifle for competition, and the balls and ticking fit TIGHT. On about my fourth shot I got a flash, and then another, and I picked the hole, and then another…
So I went back to my table to pull the ball. I got it started and pulled, and half the threads broke off the ball puller in my range rod. Now I have to open the breach. There actually looks like a micro weld on one side of the breach.
Are these designed to come off at all?
I was at a match today shooting a .32 SMR. I have this rifle for competition, and the balls and ticking fit TIGHT. On about my fourth shot I got a flash, and then another, and I picked the hole, and then another…
So I went back to my table to pull the ball. I got it started and pulled, and half the threads broke off the ball puller in my range rod. Now I have to open the breach. There actually looks like a micro weld on one side of the breach.
Are these designed to come off at all?
I have an SMR in a 45. Had the same thing happen to me last summer. Threads broke off on the puller. I tried everything. I ended up pulling out the touchhole liner and was able to push the ball forward enough to get some powder behind it. Screwed the liner in enough and shot it out. Then replaced the liner
not when you use the PROPER tools. a large vise and a pipe wrench are not the proper tools.
There are other ways to get that ball out without removing the breech plug. Try searching the forum for "dry ball" threads. Removing the breech plug should be your LAST option.
Mine has machine marks on it that look like the finest of TIG welds at a glance but aren't. I wouldn't say anything for certain though. They've switched barrel makers and if the rifle came from someone else then you never know what was done before you got it.
I said they look like it at a glance but are NOT welds, just machining marks.Tig weld a breech plug ?!
I would not shoot that gun if that’s true.
No welding tool should go near a barrel ever.
If a barrel needs a welding job I would consider getting a new barrel.
If it’s a cosmetic surface weld to hide a seam okay but the person doing that job is carrying a lot of liability
Imagine opinions will vary….Are these designed to come off at all?
Maybe simple, maybe not. I'm just saying it would be an absolute last resort FOR ME. Sounds like you have the experience and confidence to do it.Why not? Removing a breech plug is rather simple.
What kind of experience does someone need to unscrew a bolt? Can you change a car tire?Maybe simple, maybe not. I'm just saying it would be an absolute last resort FOR ME. Sounds like you have the experience and confidence to do it.
That was my read and why I recommended as I did....... That said, the mere fact that the OP questioned whether or not the breech plug was designed to come off tells me removal is above their current pay scale and should not attempt it at this time.
That was my read and why I recommended as I did.
It's NOT the same as unscrewing a screw. You need a proper vise and the proper wrench. You might need a hammer. Then you need a sense of how much torque is required, and if and when and where a hammer is required. The first three items require an investment if they're not already in house. The last two items require experience; ie having done it before. There's always that first time, but better getting baptized on first-time breech removal - or any new mechanical process - with an example you wouldn't mind screwing up, eg if you used the hammer when you didn't need to, or where you didn't need to. Then ... there's getting it back on precisely straight. All in all just a bit more involved than a screw, I think.
That was my read and why I recommended as I did.
It's NOT the same as unscrewing a screw. You need a proper vise and the proper wrench. You might need a hammer. Then you need a sense of how much torque is required, and if and when and where a hammer is required. The first three items require an investment if they're not already in house. The last two items require experience; ie having done it before. There's always that first time, but better getting baptized on first-time breech removal - or any new mechanical process - with an example you wouldn't mind screwing up, eg if you used the hammer when you didn't need to, or where you didn't need to. Then ... there's getting it back on precisely straight. All in all just a bit more involved than a screw, I think.
Once a gun is finished, I have never found the need to remove a breech plug. Lots of other simpler ways to fix whatever needs fixed.
I'd trickle some 4F into the touch hole, pick it, pour some more until it won't take any more and then shoot it out.
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