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I bought a TC White Mountain Carbine off a guy about 3 years back. Everything looked good and solid with the gun. The gun has some standard wear on the barrel and stock. The 1-20'' twist bore was a little rough when I bought it. I polished the bore up some. It looks a lot better but not great. (I have seen worse looking bores that have shot well.) Other than that everything looked good and the gun looked safe to shoot. I also installed a brand new .250''-28 Treso Ampco nipple. It seemed to screw in just fine.
The first time I shot it at the range the nipple came flying out . Luckily it barely missed it my head as I felt it whisk through my hair. After realizing what had just happened, I looked down at the rifle. The hammer had slammed all the way back and chipped a piece of the stock due to the back pressure from the nipple flying out.
The rifle has sat in my gun room ever since. I decided to get working on it here soon. I plan to fix the stock. Gluing the chipped section back as well as sanding it down and refinishing it.
As for as the loose nipple thread situation. I just ordered some oversized nipples as well as a thread tap to match the threads of the new oversized nipples. The new nipples will be .260''-28. I figured I should be able to fix it myself. Just checking to see if anyone has some experience or constructive advice they can send my way. I would certainly appreciate it.
Thanx
By the way. When I was wrapping things up and pulled the target it had a .50 cal hole dead center of the bullseye. Imagine that....LOL
The first time I shot it at the range the nipple came flying out . Luckily it barely missed it my head as I felt it whisk through my hair. After realizing what had just happened, I looked down at the rifle. The hammer had slammed all the way back and chipped a piece of the stock due to the back pressure from the nipple flying out.
The rifle has sat in my gun room ever since. I decided to get working on it here soon. I plan to fix the stock. Gluing the chipped section back as well as sanding it down and refinishing it.
As for as the loose nipple thread situation. I just ordered some oversized nipples as well as a thread tap to match the threads of the new oversized nipples. The new nipples will be .260''-28. I figured I should be able to fix it myself. Just checking to see if anyone has some experience or constructive advice they can send my way. I would certainly appreciate it.
Thanx
By the way. When I was wrapping things up and pulled the target it had a .50 cal hole dead center of the bullseye. Imagine that....LOL