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Stumpkiller said:
Note my topic in the gun builders forum.
Thankyou gentleman I will leave it in unless I need to replace then I will worry about it. I too have seen my share of torn screw heads and that is why I stoppede beforer I broke something. If I block the touch hole and fill the barrel wit solvent give her a good cleaning and use the .22 brush that chamber should clean out. I uess Idont have to clean the liner on the far side as long as I keep it open. Thanks again
Greenjoytj
54 Cal.
Soaking the chamber end in Kroil for a few days then use the "easy out" tool. Kroil will penetrate into the smallest thread grooves given enough time.
The real lesson here is that those stainless steel vent liners must be removed occasionally,(not years) and the threads inside and out cleaned and reinstalled with a high quality anti-seize compound.
Stainless steel nuts and bolts get a white powdery corrosion occurring that if left unchecked, will make future hand tool removal a major chore.
I remove my RMC stainless steel vent liner at every cleaning.
With the barrel (its a GPR so I need two brush sizes 36 & 54 cal.) in the laundry tub and the short hose squirting cold water down the bore as I pump the cleaning rod.
It's easy to see all the powder fouling flowing out that 6 mm liner hole.
The barrel threads get dried with a Qtip and oiled the same way. Then a tooth pick applies the anti-seize compound.
The real lesson here is that those stainless steel vent liners must be removed occasionally,(not years) and the threads inside and out cleaned and reinstalled with a high quality anti-seize compound.
Stainless steel nuts and bolts get a white powdery corrosion occurring that if left unchecked, will make future hand tool removal a major chore.
I remove my RMC stainless steel vent liner at every cleaning.
With the barrel (its a GPR so I need two brush sizes 36 & 54 cal.) in the laundry tub and the short hose squirting cold water down the bore as I pump the cleaning rod.
It's easy to see all the powder fouling flowing out that 6 mm liner hole.
The barrel threads get dried with a Qtip and oiled the same way. Then a tooth pick applies the anti-seize compound.
Different strokes for different folks, but personally, I wouldn't own an item that had a removeable screw that wouldn't come out...I'd fix it here and now with an easy out and be done with it. You have no way of knowing if corrosion is already eating away at the threads around the vent liner right now.
For what its worth:
A piece of steel is used for a breechplug.
Breechplugs have a hole drilled and tapped for either a stainless steel nipple or a stainless steel vent liner.
Nipples are routinely removed / reinstalled during the cleaning process.
Vent liners can be removed just as routinely...same stainless item in the same steel breechplug.
Mine come out after every use as part of my cleaning...whether after a single shot from shooting a deer, or a 50 shot range session.
The vent & vent seat get cleaned/dried/lubed with NL1000 and the vent reinstalled gently finger tight.
For what its worth:
A piece of steel is used for a breechplug.
Breechplugs have a hole drilled and tapped for either a stainless steel nipple or a stainless steel vent liner.
Nipples are routinely removed / reinstalled during the cleaning process.
Vent liners can be removed just as routinely...same stainless item in the same steel breechplug.
Mine come out after every use as part of my cleaning...whether after a single shot from shooting a deer, or a 50 shot range session.
The vent & vent seat get cleaned/dried/lubed with NL1000 and the vent reinstalled gently finger tight.
