The definition of frustration is ...

[RJW NZ]

having to remove a damaged jungle carbine flash hider and finally discovering that the barrel was bulged inside the flash holder! I got it moving around the barrel and it still wouldn't come off so finally cut it off with a dremel, very slowly.

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.

[Buccaneer]

Sods law strikes again...

[Peter Laidler]

Surely RJW, there is no purpose in taking the FE off such a barrel because be definition, the barrel is scrap thereafter in any case. It didn't take much to bulge the muzzle of a No5. L42's bulged there too but they were difficult to see but they'd never shoot accurately again. I always inspect for bulges from the muzzle backwards, then forwards THEN from the breech forwards and back again

[Bearclaw]

RJW is that a genuine No5 barrel as mine don't have that machining under the flash hider.

Myles

[RJW NZ]

Hi Bearclaw, good question and yes it was a real No5. I don't have the makers info anymore tho.

[Bearclaw]

Pete, Maybe a stupid question, but why was the muzzle prone. Is that because of foreign matter helped down the muzzle of the No5's by the FE.

Myles

[me2]

RJW is that a genuine No5 barrel as mine don't have that machining under the flash hider.

Myles

I would say it's original as all mine have two taper pins running transverse to the barrel and flash hider. The slots you see in his barrel are approx 1/2 the diameter of the taper pins and provide a secure lock for the flash hider to the barrel.

[Bearclaw]

Me2,
I was more wondering about the machined dia. of the barrel. I have two here one without a FE on and one with. Now looking at the one without the FE on it looks like it may have a sleeve over the machined area. Can anyone give me the correct dia. of the muzzle area of the barrel for the FE.

Myles

[bearhunter]

You could probably turn that back to proper diameter and counterbore the bulged section. I've done that on more than one occasion and the barrels shot quite well after that.

I have never seen a No5 with a counterbored muzzle, other than the 4 I've done.

Peter is right, they seem to be easily bulged. I know for certain one was bulged after the FE was plugged with clay and the owner didn't bother to check it out before shooting it. It's about the only reason I can see for the bulging under the FE. Given that the FE is "almost" a sweat fit, I would have thought the area would't stand a chance at bulging.

[muffett.2008]

Not quite in line with the contents of this post, but my current definition of frustration is, having loaded a swag of various bullet/powder combinations, packed my reloading gear for on range fiddling, had a solid nights sleep ready for a long weekend of enjoyment, only to wake to three days of cold-wet-miserable bloody weather and be stuck here totally bored and playing silly bugger contaminating posts.
Hows that for a long sentence?