Went out to shoot the GPR this afternoon. Was a little rusty(me not the gun), but the first two shots were about a half inch apart shooting offhand at 30 yards. Hit a little high on the third shot but felt like I was settling in.
Ran a patch down the barrel and started to pull the ramrod back out, it came halfway and then sprung free, if I wasn't so obsessive about where the muzzle points I'd have stuck it in my forehead!
The tip that you screw the cleaning jag onto had stripped out, and now the jag, tip, and patch were stuck halfway down the barrel. The other end had come loose before and I was able to epoxy it back on, I never thought to check this end.
The patch wasn't dry either it pushed in and out easily.
So I poured some Butch's Bore Cleaner down the bore and then jammed the rod back in, hoping it hit the hole in the tip. Amazingly it did, and after sitting submerged for a few minutes it had swollen enough to stick and I pulled the mess back out.
Now that its dry I whittled it down so that it would screw all the way into the tip instead of just halfway and its got a healthy dose of gorrilla glue in there too
I'm going to keep a closer eye on them from now on though. Wasn't sure what I would do there for a minute :banghead:
Ran a patch down the barrel and started to pull the ramrod back out, it came halfway and then sprung free, if I wasn't so obsessive about where the muzzle points I'd have stuck it in my forehead!
The tip that you screw the cleaning jag onto had stripped out, and now the jag, tip, and patch were stuck halfway down the barrel. The other end had come loose before and I was able to epoxy it back on, I never thought to check this end.
The patch wasn't dry either it pushed in and out easily.
So I poured some Butch's Bore Cleaner down the bore and then jammed the rod back in, hoping it hit the hole in the tip. Amazingly it did, and after sitting submerged for a few minutes it had swollen enough to stick and I pulled the mess back out.
Now that its dry I whittled it down so that it would screw all the way into the tip instead of just halfway and its got a healthy dose of gorrilla glue in there too
I'm going to keep a closer eye on them from now on though. Wasn't sure what I would do there for a minute :banghead: