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pcpairgunner wrote:... LOCTITE ANTI-SIEZE grease silver stick apply to all areas that make metal on metal contact with a very light coating ...
As someone suggested I removed the extractor from the bolt that was giving me trouble tonight, and sure enough it looked like toenail fungus was growing under it. Clearly I failed to get it clean enough when I got the cosmoline out.
Now, before I put it back in, should I put anti-seize on it? I don't suspect I'll be removing the extractor a lot, but how much do these things get galled up and stuck?
MB
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pcpairgunner wrote:... LOCTITE ANTI-SIEZE grease silver stick apply to all areas that make metal on metal contact with a very light coating ...
As someone suggested I removed the extractor from the bolt that was giving me trouble tonight, and sure enough it looked like toenail fungus was growing under it. Clearly I failed to get it clean enough when I got the cosmoline out.
Now, before I put it back in, should I put anti-seize on it? I don't suspect I'll be removing the extractor a lot, but how much do these things get galled up and stuck?
MB
No anti-seize is needed. Just use some good gunoil to wipe the bolt head and extractor down after a good cleaning then reassemble. My oil of choice is Breakfree CLP.
I have had a busted extractor to deal with, but never had one give a problem due to crud build up, and there was a time I was shooting some of these rifles near daily.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
I think once you get it clean, you won't have to routinely remove it. You might want to keep a spare part on hand, or easier, just buy another bolt head with an extractor. Check the headspace if you replace the bolt head.
On some of the Balkan rifles and issued 91/30's I found some crud under the extractor, but the refurbs tended to be clean, maybe a little grease that wouldn't hurt anything.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
