So I have an old H&R Sportsman that a previous owner dry fired a few too many times, as a result about four of the nine chambers require more effort than I'd like to load a round. In fact one required so much force to seat a round I ended up cycling the action to eject the rounds and never fired the gun, figured the fired casing(s) would get stuck.
Anyway here we are a few years later I've finally decided to look into fixing this little bugger and after a bit of internet research, the ideal way seems to be using a tool called the Menck .22 Chamber Iron to swage the metal back into place. Problem is I can't find any retailers with the tool in stock and some of the bigger ones actually list it as discontinued.
Anyone know of an alternative? another make perhaps?
A few people on the net have mentioned to others looking for a menck that a tapered punch can be used by lightly hammering it into the chamber, wiggling it loose, then rotating and repeating as necessary. I'd rather use a purpose built tool to be honest though.
Anyone have experience using a punch?
Anyway here we are a few years later I've finally decided to look into fixing this little bugger and after a bit of internet research, the ideal way seems to be using a tool called the Menck .22 Chamber Iron to swage the metal back into place. Problem is I can't find any retailers with the tool in stock and some of the bigger ones actually list it as discontinued.
Anyone know of an alternative? another make perhaps?
A few people on the net have mentioned to others looking for a menck that a tapered punch can be used by lightly hammering it into the chamber, wiggling it loose, then rotating and repeating as necessary. I'd rather use a purpose built tool to be honest though.
Anyone have experience using a punch?