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Originally Posted by ThunderCactus
for the record, certain manufacturers make 'thread repair files' for this very specific purpose. And did the G&P threads end up being imperial? They seem to go both ways as theres both imperial and metric bolts on my G&P 249.
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Thread 'repair' files work only so well depending on how fine the thread is, also what grade of steel it was made from, a grade 2 or even cheaper could dent, warp or get notches in it pretty easily as opposed to a grade 5 or 8, also if it's gone thru heat treating or what, you need a steady hand and patience. Dies work pretty well but the threading issue Murdoch was having was pretty much as described, the 'valleys' were very shallow, virtually no grip what so ever, also on the receiver/female part on the last few threads near the base on close inspection were almost for better lack of the word cross threaded, two threads almost ran into each other which was why it wasn’t meeting up properly. I'll hand it to Murdoch he did an awesome job milling the part out just when I got the die in. The parts Metric (a 1.5 t.p.i / threads per inch) is a metric, solid numbers would indicate imperial...
not sure if this answers anything what so ever or if im just babbling but yea, that's all I got..