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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:42:35 AM EDT
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The direct thread adapter for my Scorpion was stuck in the can so I used a 1 1/8th socket (which fit perfectly by the way) to unscrew it. Well, instead of loosening the adapter I loosened the "bird cage" part that the adapter screws into.
I know this isn't meant to be removed. It's held in with red loctite or something similar. But other than that it just screws into the tube like the front end cap. Made it much easier to clean! So did I break it? Should I just put it all back together and keep truckin' or what? Also, what type of metal is this part made out of? Can I wet tumble it like the baffles? Thanks. |
| Nope, make sure to clean out the threads and re red loctite it ( don't use any tools, just thread it on hand tight). My piston housing was completely carboned up and it was keeping my piston from seating causing me to shave bullets. Called them up and they gave me the option of sending it in to get cleaned or I could heat up the housing myself and unscrew it, then ultrasonic it clean. Its made of stainless so it should be good for wet tumble or ultrasonic. |
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Nope, make sure to clean out the threads and re red loctite it ( don't use any tools, just thread it on hand tight). My piston housing was completely carboned up and it was keeping my piston from seating causing me to shave bullets. Called them up and they gave me the option of sending it in to get cleaned or I could heat up the housing myself and unscrew it, then ultrasonic it clean. Its made of stainless so it should be good for wet tumble or ultrasonic. I can attest that a few years back they had different opinions on the matter and were concerned about concetricness when a user hand tightened it back on. Then it seemed they always wanted it sent in. After about the 9-10 thread talking about this the tone changed to . "if your competent screw it back on when the tube is toasty" i started to remove mine every 8000 rounds due to buildup that Just couldn't be scraped out. Just heat the tube nice and toasty (toaster oven set to 400 works great). Then take the room temp bircage and screw it in about hand tight. Used the fixed barrel adapter to screw into a host and glance down the barrel. It should look straight. Tolerances on the octane seem rather loose so I'm not terrified of a bafflestrike. I've dipped my birdcage but that kinda screwed with the black finish. Doesn't look like it's done anything to the cage itself though. |
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You didn't break it. Mine comes out all the time. The first time I had Silencerco re-loctite it in. The next bunch of times I just did it myself. I don't take it out on purpose but it does unscrew sometimes when I get it nice and hot from shooting. Do you loctite yours each time? I was thinking about taking this out each time as a part of regular maintenance because, why not? It threads in just like the other parts. |
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I can attest that a few years back they had different opinions on the matter and were concerned about concetricness when a user hand tightened it back on. Then it seemed they always wanted it sent in. After about the 9-10 thread talking about this the tone changed to . "if your competent screw it back on when the tube is toasty" i started to remove mine every 8000 rounds due to buildup that Just couldn't be scraped out. Just heat the tube nice and toasty (toaster oven set to 400 works great). Then take the room temp bircage and screw it in about hand tight. Used the fixed barrel adapter to screw into a host and glance down the barrel. It should look straight. Tolerances on the octane seem rather loose so I'm not terrified of a bafflestrike. I've dipped my birdcage but that kinda screwed with the black finish. Doesn't look like it's done anything to the cage itself though. Quoted:
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Nope, make sure to clean out the threads and re red loctite it ( don't use any tools, just thread it on hand tight). My piston housing was completely carboned up and it was keeping my piston from seating causing me to shave bullets. Called them up and they gave me the option of sending it in to get cleaned or I could heat up the housing myself and unscrew it, then ultrasonic it clean. Its made of stainless so it should be good for wet tumble or ultrasonic. I can attest that a few years back they had different opinions on the matter and were concerned about concetricness when a user hand tightened it back on. Then it seemed they always wanted it sent in. After about the 9-10 thread talking about this the tone changed to . "if your competent screw it back on when the tube is toasty" i started to remove mine every 8000 rounds due to buildup that Just couldn't be scraped out. Just heat the tube nice and toasty (toaster oven set to 400 works great). Then take the room temp bircage and screw it in about hand tight. Used the fixed barrel adapter to screw into a host and glance down the barrel. It should look straight. Tolerances on the octane seem rather loose so I'm not terrified of a bafflestrike. I've dipped my birdcage but that kinda screwed with the black finish. Doesn't look like it's done anything to the cage itself though. I emailed them about it. They said I can just screw it back in hand tight with some red loctite. They didn't mention heating the tube. I don't understand how there could be concentricity issues. Threads are threads right? Unless you cross thread but then you'd have bigger issues if that ever happened. |
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The first time mine came out of my Octane 9 I sent it in to get it re Locktited and the stuck endcap removed. They got the end cap removed but ignored the birdcage.
I installed it with red Locktite a couple times. It doesn't hold up. Switched to the white high temperature Locktite and it's worked better for a thousand rounds or so but I haven't I been dumping mags lately. If SiCo said to use red, I'd try that first. |
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Do you loctite yours each time? I was thinking about taking this out each time as a part of regular maintenance because, why not? It threads in just like the other parts. Quoted:
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You didn't break it. Mine comes out all the time. The first time I had Silencerco re-loctite it in. The next bunch of times I just did it myself. I don't take it out on purpose but it does unscrew sometimes when I get it nice and hot from shooting. Do you loctite yours each time? I was thinking about taking this out each time as a part of regular maintenance because, why not? It threads in just like the other parts. Yes I use the red loctite. It doesn't seem to really work all that well though. |
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