Austrian Capture Marks

[Patrick Chadwick]

... the female portion of the screw in the front barrel band is stripped and will not hold the cleaning rod. I tried both barrel bands and both are stripped. I'm considering filling the hole with JB Weld and then drilling and tapping it but wondering if there might be a better solution out there...

The problem with filling, drilling and tapping is going to be the screw thread. It will be some kind of metric size, and a non-standard pitch at that. It is highly advisable to measure this thread first, before you discover that the required taps are unobtainable.

I have an idea, but before going off into unworkable solutions, may I ask you to 1) measure the thread on a cleaning rod as accurately as you can, and 2) provide good front and back views of the barrel band. I'm thinking along the lines of plugging the back half of the threaded hole, keeping the front half to use as a guide...

Or, as a minimum solution from the "creative laziness" department, you could simply try wrapping a couple of turns of fine Teflon tape around the thread on the rod. That might be sufficient to hold it in place.

[Aragorn243]

I may actually have the correct drill and tap already. I did something with an Italian cleaning rod a few years back. Haven't checked to see if this rod is the same yet. I like your creative laziness idea although I wouldn't be happy with it.