Lock tite & ignorance
1I have a SW in 45acp that is well worn. As the cylinder rotated the screwed on nut at the end of the extractor rod would loosen. The nut coming off would lengthen the rod and make it too tight to open the cylinder.
To fix this, I red lock-tited the rod and set the nut at what I mistakenly thought was the right length. Now it's fixed like it was welded and too long so I can't open the cylinder.
At different times I've soaked it with kroil, acetone, heated it with a solder gun, tried to grip it with vice grips and a piece of leather. Zip. No movement.
Any good hints,clues, or guesses other than to never use high strength red ever again on a gun?
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