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Posted: 5/29/2008 9:20:49 PM EDT
| How do I peel the laminated layers from the peel washer? |
Please explain yourself here: how does one "crimp" a barrel? and while you are at it what constitutes a "crimped" barrel? Sorry for the questions, but it takes a pretty inane person to screw-up a crush-washer installation and your terminolgy leaves me confused as to what happen to this barrel.... mike |
It's really pretty simple. I watched someone use too much pressure putting on a flash suppressor. They torque it on so tight that the crush washer was almost flat. When this happens it will imprint a small ring on the inside of the bbl. The first ring I saw didn't affect the performance of the bbl, at least not noticeable to the owner. The second time I heard about this happening, it caused the projectile to key hole at 20 yards. I'm sure that guy made his crush washer completely flat. That's what the owner of the Company told me. He and his company has gone to peel washers to prevent this from happening again. He said sometimes you just can't trust the customer not to screw something up. Edit: You have to remember that the tighter the flash suppressor is put on, the smaller the inside diameter of the crush washer becomes. I've seen some crush washer that wouldn't fit back over the threads, but didn't cause any damage to the bbl. Easy fix on the later, just cut it off. I myself didn't think this could happen, but I've seen it with my own eyes, and have heard enough from established companies to know it does happen. |
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