front beed issue

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kx592

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One day shooting on a fairly new gun my front beed moved. It unscrewed itself and now when i screw it back in its not straight. what do I have to do here.. Its really annoying:mad:
 
I don't know what to tell you --but I guess I'd try a couple of things ...:

1. clean out the threads ( is there some lock tite or something in there making it crooked ?? Use a magnifier - to see if its really clean. get some gun solvent in there / use compressed air to blow it out good.
2. put a little bit of lube on the threads ( make sure you have it threaded in correctly ).... I'd try something like Break Free ... or even some grease that is a little heavier ...
3. you could try and bend the threads ( but you might break it ..)
4. have a gunsmith replace it with a Hi-Viz pipe ( the small ones / like what comes on a Browning O/U now ) ...with replaceable pipe tubes in it...
 
Did you put it back in with your fingers or a tool? If you used a tool you probably stripped something (The bead hopefully)

If you stripped the bead buy a new one

*good excuse to get a high vis sight, I love em*

If you stripped the BBL, not good(Highly unlikely). But not that bad either. A smith can drill and tap easily and pop a new bead on it. Dont sweat it. Take out the bead and inspect it, and the threads of the barrel. Clean them out. If you do get it in right, toss some blue loc-tite on it to keep it from coming out again.

-Dave
 
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Hawg's probably right ....I was trying to be more "analytical" ....go buy a new bead and try it .....

( or go get about a 10' length of rope / swear and shake the rope at the gun / threaten to tie it to the truck bumper and drag it thru the parking lot ...if it doesn't behave ...). That works when my scores suck some days ..
 
One of my P-Guns didn't have the mid-rib bead installed when new. Instead, there was a threaded plug with the smallest allen hole you ever saw. Nobody had an allen wrench the correct size to tiny little thread plug. I've been quite happy with a mid-rib bead that's simply a small, white, glass headed pin that was snipped very short and epoxied into the allen hole.
 
I haven't played with it. It came loose shooting and i lightly finger tight screwed it back till snug and it sat cross the barrel. Doubt i cross threaded or screwed up the threads. Ill try cleaning
 
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Does it look similar to this? If so, you need to see if there is a slight amount of space between the flat part of the sight and the rib. If so, remove and file a small amount off of the screw end. Thread it back in and see if it is straight. If not file a bit more. If it goes beyond the point you want, apply a bit of blue loctite and screw it in until it is lined up and allow it to set overnight. Should be good as new. If it needs to stop a bit before it bottoms out, another trick is to snip some small pieces of lead off of some shot and drop into the bottom of the hole.
 
"Its really annoying"

Remove it and try shooting the gun. You're supposed to be looking at the target. :) Seriously.

John
 
"glowing" beads are terrible as in the sunlight they are like a neon light but in the shade they are very different .I did myself a favor and replaced it with a stainless steel bead !
Small allen screw ? Are you sure it's not a torx ? I now have a set ofvery small torx wrenchs -it's amazing how small they are !
 
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