One time I racked a Winchester 1300 that my friend owned and "had just put back together himself." I was greeted with that familiar *chuck-chic...plinggggg* as the mag tube he never tightened down fully preformed a self autopsy all over the range. End cap went one way, follower went another, spring made it a good 100 feet into the woods.
I might be interested, but if someone is in need I'll step aside. I'm an OCD redundant type of person. Too many Navy chiefs in my past.
I put a tube clamp on it and when I spun it to free it from the thread lock the clamp crushed or crimped the tube. On my 500s there is no threadlock. I'm thinking the military and police models are put together a little more solid.
oh I see. So run a mandrel through it! if you don't have one make one with some hard wood. if you don't have a lathe you can turn a little
Amen
Listen closely, do you hear that? It's calling your name!
How much heat did you apply? Any damage to finish? OK w/ aluminum receiver?
I didn't hold the heatgun over one area too long. I had mine on high and I think it's an 1100 degree gun. No damage to the parkorized finish that I could see. But like I said, I was careful to keep the heatgun moving. I waved it over the area for maybe 5 minutes.
You're not going to melt aluminum with a heat gun. Even a propane torch takes a long time to melt aluminum. If you see any smoke coming off the joint, back off the heat and you'll be ok. Any oil or gunk in the joint will start to smoke before it gets hot enough to damage anything.
I believe it is a milspec thing. I know in the 590A1 they also have a thicker walled barrel. I was surprised to find thread lock on my basic 500. My 500 had the parkerized finish though. Maybe they don't use the thread locker on blued models??? Was your 500 blued?
