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Did I dremmel to deep removing my GB?


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So my new virtue to work on for the next year will be patience. I have been doing my first Saiga conversion on this .223 and keep going just a little to fast and hard... Just removed the FSB and GB and let my dremel slip a little to deep and notched my barrel in the GB area... I couldn't measue how deep b/c my it wouldn't come up to the first notch on the ruller but I just want to see if by the look of it I will be okay and not comprimise the integrity of the barrel?

 

Also anyone have any tips for smoothing out nicks...hammer nicks on the barrel before I cerakote it eventually? Here are the pics:

 

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I must be missing something, but it seems like you're confusing the gas block pin channel for dremel damage. That pin channel was there from the factory.

 

Your little dremel scuffs just blemished the barrel. Touch up with some similar paint (e.g. Duplicolor DE1634) and you will never notice them.

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I must be missing something, but it seems like you're confusing the gas block pin channel for dremel damage. That pin channel was there from the factory.

 

Your little dremel scuffs just blemished the barrel. Touch up with some similar paint (e.g. Duplicolor DE1634) and you will never notice them.

I thought I had seen a video with someone having a similar mark, but couldn't remember if it was an accident or not. I looked at my gas block where the channel was and only a minimal hole in it, so probably just notched it a little more.

 

It was weird b/c one second I was just cutting it normally and the next I was super deep... I must have dropped into that channel w/o realizing? Thanks for the heads up!

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