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Re: what l do to make a new howa better

Post by marksman » 13 Jan 2020, 8:55 pm

sungazer wrote:[quote="marksman"So what ewuipment & process do you bolt lug lappers use to ensure youve got all the cutting compound out of the area the lugs live in...?

l saturate the area with brake cleaner and squash a rag into the the hole twisting it, then do the same using inox
l also use bent q-tips soaked in inox and lots of compressed air


I do the same and sometimes I will run hot to boiling water through the action and bore as well if I have been using a bore past or cutting compound. The water will work well for softening up carbon and heating up the barrel as well which helps all the chemicals with better efficiency.[/quote]

boiling hot water is a good one sungazer, it drys straight away :thumbsup: :drinks:


hmmm not sure what happened there :lol:
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Re: what l do to make a new howa better

Post by Stix » 13 Jan 2020, 10:23 pm

If its what i think it meant... :huh:

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Re: what l do to make a new howa better

Post by sungazer » 14 Jan 2020, 9:32 am

What went wrong was the multiple quotes thing and trying to get around it. It does make trying to get a flow of conversation difficult sometimes.
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Re: what l do to make a new howa better

Post by Mini Hulk » 15 Mar 2022, 10:47 am

marksman wrote:now we all hear how a tikka has such a butter smooth bolt to use, if you cant be bothered waiting till you have cycled your bolt a few thousand times on your howa this is what you need to get it smooth as silk

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the lock-ease is for after smoothing out the raceways with my little home made tool that is a piece of wood with some 1000 grit sandpaper attached
my method is to sand the raceways as well as to turn the action upside down sand all surfaces that will be contacted by the bolt lugs including the bottoms and tops of the bolt lugs, never touching the rear where you have lapped
it doesn't take much in fact very very little and your howa bolt will be as smooth as silk, then for added smoothness apply the lock-ease to the raceways



Hi Marksman are you able to give some more info on the dimensions/size of the piece of wood you use to smooth out the raceways? I'd love to give this a go, as my howa's bolt seems to hang up a bit just before it's fully open.

Sorry for digging up an older thread, but I came across it in a google search when I was looking for ways to make my Howa a little nicer.
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Re: what l do to make a new howa better

Post by Blr243 » 15 Mar 2022, 6:49 pm

I don’t think marksman here anymore
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Re: what l do to make a new howa better

Post by Mini Hulk » 15 Mar 2022, 6:56 pm

Blr243 wrote:I don’t think marksman here anymore


Bugger, I guess I'll have to figure it out myself then...
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