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[Grenadier1758]

@Eric Bye, I agree with making the pan deeper to compensate for a too low touch hole. In @woodsnwater's case, his touch hole is too large in diameter (he has measured it at 0.100") so the installation of a touch hole liner and the machine work to raise the touch hole is the optimal approach. His rifle will certainly function, and the large touch hole will allow a lot of heat from the pan to pass through to the powder charge. Accuracy on target will improve with a smaller touch hole and reliability to fire will be good.

 

[woodsnwater]

Well it shot OK but it pushes out so much powder when you load it it's pretty much unusable. Someone said earlier that the hole is so big that it would self prime and boy they were right! So now it's disassembled and I hope to take it to my friends machine shop later this week to mill it out for a 1/4-28 liner.

 

[woodsnwater]

 

[woodsnwater]

Check out this slo mo of my lock

 

[Flintandsteel]

Put a white lightning liner in it, and you’ll never look back. Tap size is 1/4-32.

 

[woodsnwater]

I thought they were 5/16-32?

 

[Dale Lilly]

that was a good thing! you didn't have to put up with each other for an extended period of time! now I know the rest of the story? thanking you for that explanation of it. makes perfect sence!

Some very sad comments on marriage and ladies. Married 59 years to wife one ... lost her to cancer. Married to wife two for nearly 11 years. Would have it no other way. Polecat

 

[deerstalkert]

Put a white lightning liner in it, and you’ll never look back. Tap size is 1/4-32.

I thought they were 5/16-32?

they come both ways.
the 1/4 is best in my opinion for 13/16 barrels and the 5/16's for larger or remedial work.

 

[excess650]

Check out this slo mo of my lock

Your lock is making plenty of sparks and putting them right into the pan.

If you're going for a removeable liner, the RMC/TC variety are 1/4-28 and should clean up that too low hole just fine. Chambers uses a different thread for his White Lightnng liners and they are available 1/4-32, 5/16-32, and 3/8-32. 5/16" looks to be as big as you could use on that barrel flat.

 

[woodsnwater]

Your lock is making plenty of sparks and putting them right into the pan.

Thanks for that, I wasn't sure. I've already ordered the liner from TOTW yesterday, just the standard stainless coned back one with the screwdriver slot in it.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Bear in mind, that just because it has a screwdriver slot on the liner, it does not require removal to clean your rifle. Many liners have no slot or means to be removed once installed. Do use a never seize lubricant in the threads so it can be removed when the touch hole opens up. That should take several thousand shots.

 

[OldSmoky1967]

That’s funny.
View attachment 121287Check this pic out. If I just drill this hole out and install a liner with a 1/16 hole do you think it will be high enough off the pan?

Yes, as long as you do NOT over prime it. That would move the bottom of the touch hole up considerably. Still a bit low, but it should work.

 

[toot]

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WOW!! THAT DROPS THE SPARKS DIRECTLY INTO THE PAN!!!! KILLER.

 

[woodsnwater]

So far so good.

 

[excess650]

kinda hard to see from that angle, but judging by where the scuff was in the brown, I'd say its a big improvement

 

[woodsnwater]

 

[excess650]

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Did you get that liner installed?

 

[woodsnwater]

Still waiting on snail mail from track otw

 

[oldwood]

Back during competition days , I shot a 44" .50 cal. barrel. When the touch hole liner opened larger than 1/16" , accuracy dropped off.

 

[Cattywompuss]

Well it shot OK but it pushes out so much powder when you load it it's pretty much unusable. Someone said earlier that the hole is so big that it would self prime and boy they were right! So now it's disassembled and I hope to take it to my friends machine shop later this week to mill it out for a 1/4-28 liner.

First time I went to shoot my squirrel rifle, the vent hole was so big(probably burned out) that my entire powder load blew out the vent and I got a stuck ball. Everyone here insisted I dry balled it. But I was able to literally feed 3f into the touchhole to blow out the stuck ball.