i havent had either of my T/C 's very long , both are 50cal , one a hawken and other a renegade. the hawken has not had the best care in the past and i did a general cleaning and took it to shoot couple weeks ago, i really love the way that girl shoots. came across a renegade in what i thought similar condition and brought it home. finally got around to cleaning up last night with the intention of going shooting her today. well so much for intentions, what i thought was minor surface rust was at least 40 passes with a bronze brush with soapy water, breaklean, pb rustbuster, hoppes 9 , etc trying to get it clean. then it must have been the wee hours playing wiht my head, but i swore there was a ball stuck in it. anyhow, ended up fighting hte nipple off only to find the area between the nipple and the bore was plugged with rust. so i decided to take the cleanout screw out to brush it out. well, after using the same solvents as above, and heat from soldering iron, and propane torch, it still wont budge. finally got the dremel out and bored the center of the screw out, probably try an easyout this evening ,it is now soaking. after this ordeal i thought i would take the same screw out of the hawken and go get one in town and hopefully find a tap for it. well, guess what , now i cant get that screw out, it was out two weeks ago, and i even antisiezed it before reinstalling. DARN if these frustrations dont make you consider going back to cartridge guns. i love these things, i love nearly everything about them, but these little setbacks are really trying, especially when i got into this to releive pressure, not add it.
sorry for going on, but does anyone know the correct screw size and tap. after looking the renegade over, i really think a larger screw with the pan head sticking out instead of being counterbored may be a better long term deal. i just want to fix it right. i repair machinery all the time, and dont like shortcuts. what have you guys done in the past to remedy this?
thanks duke21
sorry for going on, but does anyone know the correct screw size and tap. after looking the renegade over, i really think a larger screw with the pan head sticking out instead of being counterbored may be a better long term deal. i just want to fix it right. i repair machinery all the time, and dont like shortcuts. what have you guys done in the past to remedy this?
thanks duke21