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H&R .410 Topper Question.

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#1 ·
I bought a used Deluxe Topper Model 188, a few years ago. I got around yesterday to clean it up some. Bore was easy, chamber was not, it wouldn't chamber a shell. Cleaned up the chamber I thought it was good to go. Then I saw something else. The stud of the front sight protrudes into the barrel about the depth of a fingernail. Is this a problem?
 
#5 ·
The front bead is fixed, if anyone is interested? I padded a small pair of vise grips, and I was able to unscrew the sight. I've learned that this type of bead is called a "skirted" bead. While the bead was in the vise grips, I filed it down to what I thought was an acceptable length. Chased the beads threads with a triangular file under magnification. Gently! I polished the bead and cleaned the barrel's threads the best I could. Added a copious (too much) amount of blue Loctite. Re-installed the sight, and removed the excess Loctite, ran a patch through the muzzle and I'm calling it good! I'll post pictures a bit later.

Larry
 
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