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Message started by Jason60chev on Jan 28th, 2019 at 1:14pm

Title: Re: Krag barrel installation
Post by FredC on Jan 31st, 2019 at 8:21pm
We are still waiting for Galvinators's reply, but I would not put a wrench no matter how large on the Krag receiver. Some of the sections are very hard as well as thin. Having a split clamp to clear things you do not want to pull off and clamp directly on the front of the receiver is the right way of doing things.
The driving pin on mine set against a thick portion of the receiver when loosening and tightening. If I understood galvinator correctly his receiver broke because the driving pin pushed against the gate which he did not pull off and I did.
To use a wrench on the receiver could result in personal injury also. Fragments of those glass hard thin portions could fly. I had a tap explode just bringing tension on it, had not gotten enough torque to actually turn it. A piece hit me in the face quite hard.

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