Originally Posted by Ringman
Originally Posted by high_country_
Threading for a brake is on the muzzle. Fluting is on the sides.....I'm not sure how new guy can be guilty of the loose tennon.

As above, unless you have gauges or wires there's no way to know exactly what you have going on. I would guess the smith unscrewed it and spun up his work and was going to torque it up before indexing the brake when the alarms started barking that this thing is too loose. A lot of Remingtons are sloppier than the broke chick in college but shoot good.


My complaint is not about the chamber end of the barrel as far as the local 'smith. That is totally on Pac-Nor. The idea he installed the brake at an angle to the bore is unacceptable. Not only that take a good look at the installation. There's actually a step down from the barrel before the threads go into the brake! Would you put something like this out?
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It's not finished yet. He's got to turn about. 050" off the end of the brake, time it and it'll blend. Not sure why he broke the sharp edge on the barrel....but overall it's a simple fix.

Originally Posted by BrentD

I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.