Maillemaker
04-19-2020, 11:12 PM
OK, so I'm doing my first clean on this Pietta Smith that I picked up off of Gunbroker that I shot this weekend for the first time.
First thing I notice is there aren't many threads holding that clean-out screw in place. Like barely 3, and 3 is the minimum I tolerate in design work.
But more troubling is that it looks to me like there is something down in the fire channel. I can't tell if it is a tap or a drill bit that maybe got broken off while they were making the fire channel.
The gun fires fine, and when I put a pipe cleaner in through the cleanout it is easily visible in the breech hole. So there is no obstruction.
Should I be concerned here?
https://i.imgur.com/9sTymeB.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/UhCFucL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/LE9aXCy.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/OcXcXo4.jpg
First thing I notice is there aren't many threads holding that clean-out screw in place. Like barely 3, and 3 is the minimum I tolerate in design work.
But more troubling is that it looks to me like there is something down in the fire channel. I can't tell if it is a tap or a drill bit that maybe got broken off while they were making the fire channel.
The gun fires fine, and when I put a pipe cleaner in through the cleanout it is easily visible in the breech hole. So there is no obstruction.
Should I be concerned here?
https://i.imgur.com/9sTymeB.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/UhCFucL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/LE9aXCy.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/OcXcXo4.jpg