Flatland Shooter Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Earlier a friend brought by a Nowlin 38 Super barrel with a two chamber comp installed. Put the assembly in the oven, we each opened a cold one, and let the heat break down the loctite. Now for the surprise, instead of a one piece compensator, its two pieces with a compensator screwed onto a conversion cone and the cone screwed onto the barrel. Since the compensator, with a little coaxing, came loose but the cone stayed put, is there a possibility that the conversion cone was silver soldered on? If so, any way to remove it or (my suggestion) should he just go with a new comp that will screw onto the conversion cone? Will he have trouble finding a comp maker that will match the cone's threads? Also I noticed Brownells seems to no longer carry compensator alignment reamers. Anyone know where I can pick up one? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishii Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 is this it? http://egw-guns.com/catalog/product_info.p...;products_id=47 if it is, any comp for a hybricomp or bull barrel should work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatland Shooter Posted August 22, 2006 Author Share Posted August 22, 2006 It looks like it. The gun this barrel and comp came off of was built about 10 years ago by a gunsmith in Oklahoma (not Nowlin) that used Nowlin parts. The current owner of the gun tried to locate the gunsmith to ask a few questions without luck. If memory serves me, Nowlin made a conversion cone for a while too. Does George (with EGW) recommend the conversion cone be silver soldered in place? Tomorrow I'll clean and measure the threads and see if its 11/16" x 40 threads. If able to install any bull barrel compensator, this may be the way I go with future guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Use a propayne torch to apply heat, will come right off. Don't get carried away w/ the heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatland Shooter Posted August 22, 2006 Author Share Posted August 22, 2006 Good morning Benny, The male threads on the conversion cone cleaned up nicely. Since my friend has yet to order a new compensator, is there any downside to just leaving the cone in place and buying a compensator to fit it? The more I think about it, the better I like the idea of a conversion cone versus fitting the entire comp to his gun. Thank you. FS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Benny, It appears Merlin is coaching you in avatars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Benny, It appears Merlin is coaching you in avatars! That isn't an avatar, that is Benny's drivers license photo! -ld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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