Posted by: DaveA on January 01, 2003 at 06:50:24

how could you tell that it wasn't seated against the valve? I ask this because if it was shooting at all, the hammer would've been hitting the jam nut sooner and likely have stopped the hammer from hitting the valve at all. Well, you can if you really wanna, play a little while without the jamnut in there. Beneath the valve is the retaining nut which will hold the valve in place, but I think it will hurt the valve if you keep hammering on it. Back to the question though, how did you remove the valve? If the jam nut wasnt in some kind of threading, it would have to be loose, and thus- fall out, or if you shot the gun it would've probably smashed the valve stem up somehow. Take another look inside the main chamber, with a flashlight. Is there a lot of scarring? If there is no scars, (and you've shot the gun ever) then you should try screwing in the jam nut again. You have a valve tool obviously. Have you tried screwing in the jam nut without the valve in place? There's no way that they made the jam nut threading smaller (without a helicoil, which wouldn't make sense and again, why wasn't the jamnut in place when you got the gun...) so the jam should fit. I find the threading sometimes doesnt' catch immediately. Good luck!

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