Stuck threaded muzzle device

[Jonnyofalltrades]

I'll get back to this in the future. Unfortunately I took my wife into the ER with a problem, they did exploratory surgery, and now we are awaiting her passing, so I am spending my time with her at the hospital. No time for hobbies right now.

Oh!
So sorry to hear that!
I am praying for you both as you go through this.

 

[marshall]

My best wishes, sorry to hear that .

 

[kamlooky]

Sure didn't expect this turn of events.

Well wishes sent your way Grizzlypeg.

 

[Grizzlypeg]

Had some time last night as my wife sent me home for the night, and a friend is staying with her. Nice to sleep in a bed again, and not a chair.

Anyhow, back to the stuck muzzle device. I clamped the barrel securely in a barrel vice and the threaded sleeve was able to be removed with a pipe wrench. No heat required. It was very tight. The threads look perfect, and it appears that even the threads on the Begara are ceracoted. I'm not planning on using a brake, I'm just going to put a thread protector on it. Doesn't look like any thread locker had been used. Also, the prior soaking in hot water did no damage whatsoever.

 

[Jahnj0584]

Boiling water would never enter my head to try. If either part is not stainless steel you have likely caused flash rust in the threads ... which will make removal of the device basically impossible.

I'd be willing to bet the clamp muzzle device compressed or distorted the collar, which is why it is stuck in place.

Sometimes the solution is brute force and sometimes the threads get fukced in the process. It happens.

Ask me how I know you’ve never cleaned an SKS….