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Ok everyone...I admit fault here. When reinstalling the lower band on my mint LB rifle, I stripped the threads on the lower band. I have been looking for the last year to find a NOS replacement with screw to no avail. One dealer in Canada stated he had one but could not find it. My rifle is a 1950 with a 94L prefix on the serial number. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
If you place a WTB here in forum you should be able to glean one from the pockets of some of these guys...
WTB posted...fingers crossed. Any other leads would be appreciated.
It shouldn't be that difficult to repair your existing band and if you can't do it your self you could ask someone with some metalworking skills.
There are several ways that you could tackle it but the simplest way may be to weld up the stripped tapped hole using tig weld, re-dril and re-tap the correct thread.
By lower band are you talking about the middle band on the hand guards?
If so shouldn't Numrich carry them?
By "mint" you mean has been FTR'd in the UK - where that British made band was presumably installed and the rest of the rifle painted black?
Mint means original finish...The rifle has never been through FTR.
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Yes, the middle band where one attaches the sling. The Numrich ones are not marked like this original LB lower band.Quote:
Originally Posted by Towarzysz_Beagle
Fill the stripped thread with silver solder and tap new threads. Could probably do it with propane, MAPP gas for sure. Best wishes.
FTR'd, anywhere, means it is very decidedly not "mint".
"...Mint means original finish..." No it doesn't. Mint means unfired and exactly as it came out of the factory. Highly unlikely to be any Brit parts in Canadian Arsenals - Long Branch.
"...not marked like this..." The chances of find one with that mark are slim to none.
Where you are matters. Epps' wants $22.99 for a No. 4 Rifle Middle Stock band.
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I concur with Sunray's post if your that set on keeping the piece look towards getting it fixed otherwise just buy a NOS run of the mill mid band & screw no ones going to give much attention to it after what these things have been through who knows whats what with them.
adh2,
If the threads are not too badly buggered, you may be able to "chase" them out with the appropriate tap & die set from Brownell's or McMaster-Carr. Does anyone here remember what the thread size is? It should be the same as the front band screw, so you can determine that with a pitch gauge.
Cheers,
Splice
2BA thread size
I can maybe help you out but you have to be more specific.........if you want the proper band as it would have left the factory with then it should have a LB stamp.....if you want that exact stamp as in your photo that is not a Long Branch manufactured part and therefore not correct to your "mint" rifle but that's up to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by adh2
Let me know which one you want to install and like I said I may be able to help you!