nalioth 405 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) Quoted directly from another board (quote provided by a very, very, very lucky man): Okay so I got a kit, a Romy G. Couldn't get the barrel pin out. Vise, 12ton Hydraulic press, drill, nothing worked. Broke two carbide bits drilling, even lubed with oil and going slow. So I said to hell with it, leave the pin in, drill out the rivets a bit, tap, and use screws to hold the receiver to the trunnion. Well, I drilled too far and into the chamber. I thought at first it was the rivet popping out a bit between the barrel and trunnion, and so i stopped, marked the depth, and did the other 3 holes. It was then that I noticed that I had drilled through the entire damn thing, and could see through the chamber from either side... Skip ahead, I put the screws in, barely long enough to leave a little indent on the chamber wall. Gun went together fine, cycles great, chambers round, ejects, etc. Test fire...Blew 4 perfect little "10/32" holes in the side of the casing, and only partially ejected. Question: Any way to salvage this? Maybe my stuffing a plug in the chamber and back-filling the drilled holes by welding or JB Weld, etc? Or is this just a perfect example of a lesson learned on my part, a few pounds of the head on the wall, and better luck next time? They say that God looks favorably on Marines and small animals . . . . . evidently so (author of above post is a Marine). MORAL OF THE STORY: If you drill a hole in your barrel chamber, you've just bought yourself an expensive lesson in "measure twice, cut once", as your barrel is now trashed and UNSAFE TO USE This guy is very lucky he didn't blow his hand or head off . . . Edited January 29, 2010 by nalioth 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulyski 2,227 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Can I JB weld it??!!! :lolol: :lolol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nailbomb 10,221 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 God has a hard on for Marines. Still... thats pretty crazy. Thanks for posting it here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Klassy Kalashnikov 1,393 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Holy shit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lone Star Arms 2,047 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) Quoted directly from another board (quote provided by a very, very, very lucky man): Okay so I got a kit, a Romy G. Couldn't get the barrel pin out. Vise, 12ton Hydraulic press, drill, nothing worked. Broke two carbide bits drilling, even lubed with oil and going slow. So I said to hell with it, leave the pin in, drill out the rivets a bit, tap, and use screws to hold the receiver to the trunnion. Well, I drilled too far and into the chamber. I thought at first it was the rivet popping out a bit between the barrel and trunnion, and so i stopped, marked the depth, and did the other 3 holes. It was then that I noticed that I had drilled through the entire damn thing, and could see through the chamber from either side... Skip ahead, I put the screws in, barely long enough to leave a little indent on the chamber wall. Gun went together fine, cycles great, chambers round, ejects, etc. Test fire...Blew 4 perfect little "10/32" holes in the side of the casing, and only partially ejected. Question: Any way to salvage this? Maybe my stuffing a plug in the chamber and back-filling the drilled holes by welding or JB Weld, etc? Or is this just a perfect example of a lesson learned on my part, a few pounds of the head on the wall, and better luck next time? They say that God looks favorably on Marines and small animals . . . . . evidently so (author of above post is a Marine). MORAL OF THE STORY: If you drill a hole in your barrel chamber, you've just bought yourself an expensive lesson in "measure twice, cut once", as your barrel is now trashed and UNSAFE TO USE This guy is very lucky he didn't blow his hand or head off . . . :lolol: :lolol: :lolol: Sounds like he fired off four 10/32" projectiles while he was at it. Hope no one else was around! Whew!!! Just tell me he doesn't live in New Mexico! Edited January 29, 2010 by WaffenSchmied Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akastormi 617 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Comonsense 101 should be taught in school. That is nothing short of pure, utter stupidity. I've had some Mother F'n, WTF barrel pins!!! but NEVER had one that didn't lose. That is a total lack of knowledge and understanding which could have been prevented. Marine?? Well, can't hold that against him. (could explain a little bit though) LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lg308 2 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 It dont matter how much you spend on a education, You cant buy common sense. JB weld na.....solder man solder!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rockmup 12 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Thats so wrong I dont even know where to start. So I'm not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lone Star Arms 2,047 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 It dont matter how much you spend on a education, You cant buy common sense. JB weld na.....solder man solder!!!!! LOL! There isn't enough solder to fill a hole that big! Nothing left to do but stick a fork in it and pony up for another barrel.... WS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lg308 2 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 It dont matter how much you spend on a education, You cant buy common sense. JB weld na.....solder man solder!!!!! LOL! There isn't enough solder to fill a hole that big! Nothing left to do but stick a fork in it and pony up for another barrel.... WS I dont know about that, the lad sounds like the determent type.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Wow.....Just wow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Apache 4 Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 That ranks right up there with the dumbass that blew his thumb off with the Smith & Wesson ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,071 Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 It never fails to amaze me how much disparity there is in the limits of human intelligence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GregM1 241 Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Thanks Nalioth. Posts like this could save a rookie builders life. I am fortunate to have common sense. That is why I have not tried to build a gun. I know I don't know enough to do it. Just converting the Saiga taught a lot about AKs and that I would need to learn volumes of information before a building one. I wonder if those pieces shot out as fast a bullet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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