elhombreconnonombre
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I have tried high temperature epoxy engine enamel on my 12" brass frame 1858 buffalo with mixed results to change the frame finish. I have an extra 8" Pietta with steel frame and would
like to swap the 12" barrel from the brass frame to the steel frame and vice versa, but Man are these barrels tight. Are these epoxyed in placed with some kind of superduper impervium loctite? I've tried soaking the barrel/frame overnight in penetrating oil, Ballistol, etc., then putting the barrels in a leather faced bench vise and turning the frames with a 3' long wooden vise, after heating the barrel frame area...no go. I tried it vice versa with the frame in the bench vise and the barrel in some leather faced vice grips...no go. I don't see any hidden keys in the Pietta exploded drawings, so what am I missing hear. The things aren't expensive, but I don't want to bugger them up by torquing them unnecessarily. And yes I am turning them in the correct direction.
like to swap the 12" barrel from the brass frame to the steel frame and vice versa, but Man are these barrels tight. Are these epoxyed in placed with some kind of superduper impervium loctite? I've tried soaking the barrel/frame overnight in penetrating oil, Ballistol, etc., then putting the barrels in a leather faced bench vise and turning the frames with a 3' long wooden vise, after heating the barrel frame area...no go. I tried it vice versa with the frame in the bench vise and the barrel in some leather faced vice grips...no go. I don't see any hidden keys in the Pietta exploded drawings, so what am I missing hear. The things aren't expensive, but I don't want to bugger them up by torquing them unnecessarily. And yes I am turning them in the correct direction.