mariner3302
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Well, it's been bugging me constantly since I started trying to figure it out. Here are the breech plugs. The left was almost impossible to get out and ended up dismantling the entire barrel assembly due to overheating. The right plug screwed right out. I'm not to upset about that but I am pretty upset that I paid $500 for a nonfiring gun. The inside of the plug where the flash channel should be seems to have some sort of threaded rod in it. I'm thinking the indents are for a lathe now. Apperantly the barrel and it's attachments were held on with regular solder.
I am thinking now that somebody built this out of an assortment of parts and then plugged the flash channels to keep it from firing. Then made it look old. Maybe it was a prop gun but I doubt it. the barrels are threaded and have a lip in them to stop the plug. After thinking about it, the reason the right plug came out so easy was probably because the left hand had to be removed first. So that would explain why the left plug had something done to it to keep from removing it easily.
Here are the post breech plug removal pictures..
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dms0el6m60pyrse/AACHBRQ0jpYwMeTELqD0qBqla?dl=0
Luckily I have lots of time to trial and error this thing back together.
I am thinking now that somebody built this out of an assortment of parts and then plugged the flash channels to keep it from firing. Then made it look old. Maybe it was a prop gun but I doubt it. the barrels are threaded and have a lip in them to stop the plug. After thinking about it, the reason the right plug came out so easy was probably because the left hand had to be removed first. So that would explain why the left plug had something done to it to keep from removing it easily.
Here are the post breech plug removal pictures..
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dms0el6m60pyrse/AACHBRQ0jpYwMeTELqD0qBqla?dl=0
Luckily I have lots of time to trial and error this thing back together.
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