A friend of mine has a similar problem with a Sharps rifle. It's not an original but a modern reproduction.
I think his problem was that the initial fit was not optimal, so after time the gas leakage started cutting through and making it worse. I'm going to email him your picture link. On Saturday 14 April 2007 6:45 pm, Dave Engvall wrote: > Apparently that seal didn't work too well. Almost all CW guns rusted > out from the corrosive leftovers of black powder. > The nitride is for corrosion resistance. > In addition I'm trying a couple of different approaches to the gas > seal hoping one of them will work with the > mating tapered ring on the rear of the barrel. > > 8620 hardens well with a water or oil quench and will provide good > backing for the nidride. > > Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
