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I have encountered a difficult problem with a Traditions Percussion Hawken rifle. I have stripped the bluing off of the barrel with intentions to brown the metal. My problem is I can not remove the Powder Drum Bolster (proper name?) from the barrel. This is the part that the nipple screws into and the part then screws into the barrel.
I have had it soaking in PB Blast for months with off and on attempts to unscrew it without any success. At this time about the last thing I can try is to clamp a pair of Vise Grips on it and hopefully break it free. The problem is in doing this I will probably mar and damage the Powder Drum beyond use.
I want to remove the part to finish sanding the barrel and to apply a uniform coats of browning solution.
So I have two questions;
Any other suggestions about how to unscrew the Powder Drum without hopelessly damaging it?
Or where can I find a replacement part? I do not see this part in the Traditions parts diagram for their Hawken. The diagrams seem to show it already screwed into the barrel. Track of the Wolf lists Powder Drums but I need to know the correct size.
I have encountered a difficult problem with a Traditions Percussion Hawken rifle. I have stripped the bluing off of the barrel with intentions to brown the metal. My problem is I can not remove the Powder Drum Bolster (proper name?) from the barrel. This is the part that the nipple screws into and the part then screws into the barrel.
I have had it soaking in PB Blast for months with off and on attempts to unscrew it without any success. At this time about the last thing I can try is to clamp a pair of Vise Grips on it and hopefully break it free. The problem is in doing this I will probably mar and damage the Powder Drum beyond use.
I want to remove the part to finish sanding the barrel and to apply a uniform coats of browning solution.
So I have two questions;
Any other suggestions about how to unscrew the Powder Drum without hopelessly damaging it?
Or where can I find a replacement part? I do not see this part in the Traditions parts diagram for their Hawken. The diagrams seem to show it already screwed into the barrel. Track of the Wolf lists Powder Drums but I need to know the correct size.
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