fieldwanderer Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Well, I set off to go decoying this morning, I've not been out at all this week and decided to look for a decent flock and just take a chance. Anyway, nothing about and it started raining so I decided to go home, give the gun a real good strip and clean and possibly return after tea. So, off with the barrel, forestock etc just like a normal clean and I decided I'd take the magazine off (franchi raptor btw) and clean inside it, I've only taken it off once since buying the gun and that was several years ago now. Typically, it didn't want to unscrew so I used a "baby boa" to grip it, carefully - it worked a treat but on putting everything back together it would appear I've squashed the tube and things now don't work, namely the plunger inside the tube that sits on the cartridges and the thing that slides on the outside of the tube (that the piston pushes to make ejection etc happen). So, straight round to a guy I know who's a precision engineer, luckily he was working on a saturday - no chance, it's too thin to do anything with. He tried gently rolling it in a machine but it's not precise enough (it's for bending flat steel into a curve really) and we were worried about making it any worse. He also said because it's so thin, it would be near impossible to make a replacement. Sooo, anyone know where I can buy a replacement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 I would give GMK a phone , I think they are the importers and should be able to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregthegreat Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Crude i know but possibly effective - try knocking something through to open it back up. From past (not very legal) experience a 3/8ths socket set extension bar is a good match for size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 put it in the oven on about 100 degs for half n hour metal will expand and as its larger than b4 using pliers or owt heatproof refit it.as it cools it will shrink back to size and shape if you are a lucky man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Ask your mate to machins a series of plugs that can be tapped thru the bore-if he increaes the size by,say 5 thou,each time you should find that you can repair the tube-should only take 3-4 attempts if you start with a plug the same size as the "piston" that pushes the cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldwanderer Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thanks all, I've got it working but sticks a little occasionally so still on the lookout for a replacement. I'll call GMK tomorrow fenboy, thankyou. I can't hammer anything through it because of the crimp to prevent more than 2 cart's to be loaded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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