Len the dog
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You've probably already spent twice as long on that as the rifle is worth. Stop arsing around and cut the f..cker off, the mod is already knackered and the crown will also be past it.
Non Invasive Mod Removal?
- Thread starter Jvoelcker
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This one is done test is booked so it needs a good run up the road after fitting some new tyres.You can laugh, we have a truck like that at work, looked perfect in photos, customer bought sight unseen from Texas, turned out to be mainly aluminium held in place by tec screws and then filled over and painted - we have stripped it back to the remains of the metal and looks similar to the one in your vid
Jvoelcker
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Thanks Miki, that sounds like I'm spinning on the bridge, not the barrel.
Time to dust off the angle grinder I think.
Jvoelcker
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We always box up the old rust, etc to give back to the customer - helps them appreciate the bill at the end of the day.
Yes.
The fact that it's going the opposite way to a right handed thread suggests that what is moving is part of the internals of the moderator & you're not actually moving the thread on the end of the barrel. I had a very early PES that I had to stake the thread in the end as whenever I tightened the mod when I spun it on it was undoing the 'tree' inside the moderator.
Looking at the pics I'd say the mod is now written off so cut the damned thing open down each side & you'll see what's going on inside it - my money is that you'll need to cut the end of the barrel off & recrown & thread before fitting a new mod.
Plenty of room for a slitting disc between the can and it's nut, have it off & re crown to a short barreled truck gun.
Steff
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I wonder .... how do you clean a barrel properly with a mod on?
markj1
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That will also depend on how many rounds he put through it. Not cleaning barrels isn't good, obviously, but it doesn't necessarily destroy them.
Haven't cleaned the .22 lr for 10 years, still just as accurate......it is the paper punchers who
Overlay
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I think even i get a bit paranoid on cleaning to zero even if put a pull through any of mine, I check zero before using it, even though I’ve never had a problem on accuracy, over thinking causes it
But my mods come off straight away after use, my mates 22.250had to have the mod cut off , re crown and re threaded due to leaving the mod on despite him protesting he purchased a stainless barreled rifle and mod - it still welded up, pretty good as well over 2 years
Smellydog
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Yeah stainless gauls easy. Use copper grease on the threads.
Regards cleaning 22 LR barrels they don't need it. They use a lubricant on the bullet that coats the bore. It offers some protection., Especially from unoticed condensation. There are some Remington 22 ammunition that does not use traditional 22 lubricant.
Jacketed bullet rifles don't have any protection from condensation. Water vapour is produced after combustion.
Regards cleaning 22 LR barrels they don't need it. They use a lubricant on the bullet that coats the bore. It offers some protection., Especially from unoticed condensation. There are some Remington 22 ammunition that does not use traditional 22 lubricant.
Jacketed bullet rifles don't have any protection from condensation. Water vapour is produced after combustion.
Stalker-of-the-deer
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Soak it in a tub of diesel and give it a crack.
trickie
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It’s not a Wildcat, but looks very similar in the internal construction.
The piece you have unscrewed, is only the device that holds the “over the Barrel” length central to the barrel itself. It is not part of the bridge.
I looks like all you have achieved is force the outer loose and now it won’t move forward at all. So the moderator is still thread locked onto the barrel. The advice of soaking in diesel or or an anti sieve liquid for a couple of days may work.
Galling is common on stainless (as previously advised). However I would recommend ceramic grease not copper (ymmv).
As a last resort, I would consider:
screwing it back together
measure from the tip to the crown
chop of that lenght less 1cm
You should then be able to see what you need to do to achieve removal.
Personally I’d stand the barrel/mod in a bucket of diesel for a week and try again.
The piece you have unscrewed, is only the device that holds the “over the Barrel” length central to the barrel itself. It is not part of the bridge.
I looks like all you have achieved is force the outer loose and now it won’t move forward at all. So the moderator is still thread locked onto the barrel. The advice of soaking in diesel or or an anti sieve liquid for a couple of days may work.
Galling is common on stainless (as previously advised). However I would recommend ceramic grease not copper (ymmv).
As a last resort, I would consider:
screwing it back together
measure from the tip to the crown
chop of that lenght less 1cm
You should then be able to see what you need to do to achieve removal.
Personally I’d stand the barrel/mod in a bucket of diesel for a week and try again.
