Help needed: stuck adapter

[tsanzone]

“It seemed like a good idea at the time”. I have used chamber adapters before, and have had no problems. I have an FN49 in 30-06, and wanted to shoot 308 in it; so I bought a chamber adapter. This time I put Permatex blue threadlocker on it. I don’t know what went wrong, but the bullet and adapter stopped short of the end. This threadlocker is awesome stuff; some got on the bullet and I had to pound the cartridge out of the chamber. But now the adapter is stuck and cannot remove it! I first tried a broken shell extractor, which just kept slipping off. Then I tried Cerrosafe, it would not hold the adapter, as I pounded out the mould, the adapter striped out the Cerrosafe. I now believe this is beyond my recourses. Can some one give me the name of a good gunsmith who has works on FN49s or has solved this problem successfully. I live in Florida, but will send it anywhere to get fixed.

[Cornbelt]

Just curious, is the adapter hardened, or could it be reamed out with an '06 chamber reamer to start all over? If so, about anyone with the ability to chamber a barrel could do it.

[gunnut69]

It's likely not hardened but the thread locker will have to be softened to get it to let loose. Heat of a couple of hundred degrees will likely do the trick then the stuck case remover should work.. Strip to remove small springs etc. which might be damaged and use a propane torch to heat the barrel to a very uncomfortable level after the case remover is installed. It should come out OK..

[SHOOTALL]

Weld a bolt extractor on a piece of drill rod , put a t handle on the other end and ever so careful work it out . The extractor has to be of correct size and much care is needed . We used such tools to remove cases that seperated . Also a solvent that would attack the loc-tite would be a help ( call loc-tite ) . Aren't you suppose to use red loc-tite for such applications ?

[tsanzone]

Shootall: what is a bolt extractor? I would give that a try if I knew what one looked like. Another idea was to thread the adapter using a tap & long extension, but the barrel may have to be removed to do this efficiently; and that would take a gunsmith. In the mean time I’m going to try gunnut69’s idea, my next step was to plug the chamber and soak it with Kroil in hopes of loosening & lubricating the adapter. I have a new broken shell extractor coming from Brownells. It will take a week to get here, so I will let you know how this works out then.

[SHOOTALL]

A bolt or as some call it screw ext. is a long cone with flutes either stright or left hand spiral (best ) that are used to extract a broken bolt . You drill a hole in the middle of the bolt with a bit that matches the extractor you are using . then you insert the ext. in the hole , with stright flutes you tape it then twist it , with a sprial one you twist counter clockwise and it grips the inside of the drilled hole . Some come in kits like Lowe's sells with correct bits . The  best cone with left hand bits so even while drilling you are trying to remove the bolt and i have seen the bolt back out while drilling . Just weld a rod on so it can reach into the chamber and wrap the rod with tape to keep from scratching .

[gunnut69]

These are sometimes called EZ-outs.. I've hand mixed rsults but they are used successfully every day. Good luck.

[SHOOTALL]

Yep , but i could not remember that name for the life of me !

[gunnut69]

CRS (can't remember s**t). and it does get worse...

[SHOOTALL]

 

[tsanzone]

A technician from Permatex said that solvent wouldn’t get between the metals and dissolve the threadlocker. They said heat breaks down the bond, about 400-450 degree should do it. Still haven’t got the broken shell extractor yet.

[Hank08]

Take a iron or steel rod long enough and a little smaller than a .308 case, heat one end red hot then place it in the chamber for a few minutes.  That should break the locktites bond and allow you to remove it.
H08