tirant45- Couple questions

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tirant45- Couple questions

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Hello,

So I finally got around to shooting my new tirant 45. Dry was cool but wet it sounded mint :) I have a couple of questions:

1) if you shoot wet with water, and you finish shooting and there is still water in the can, is it ok to leave in there?

2) after about 100 rounds I took apart ASAP assembly to clean as advised. I used CLP to clean the parts and put on a little grease when I screwed back on assembly. Now when I try and unscrew the piston assembly, the top piece of the baffle housing is also unscrewing. This happens when I screw the ASAP too tight. Do I need locktite on the baffle housing top piece or something?
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ejewels wrote:Hello,

So I finally got around to shooting my new tirant 45. Dry was cool but wet it sounded mint :) I have a couple of questions:

1) if you shoot wet with water, and you finish shooting and there is still water in the can, is it ok to leave in there?

2) after about 100 rounds I took apart ASAP assembly to clean as advised. I used CLP to clean the parts and put on a little grease when I screwed back on assembly. Now when I try and unscrew the piston assembly, the top piece of the baffle housing is also unscrewing. This happens when I screw the ASAP too tight. Do I need locktite on the baffle housing top piece or something?
1 - You do not want to store it wet, it can cause damage to the areas not protected by the anodizing.

2 - Have to show us a picture of that one.
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Well I shot about 8 more rounds after it, so I'm assuming that's enough to dry it out? Not sure about pic, but just imagine unscrewing the ASAP piston housing off but also taking off the piece the ASAP screws into.
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ejewels wrote:Well I shot about 8 more rounds after it, so I'm assuming that's enough to dry it out? Not sure about pic, but just imagine unscrewing the ASAP piston housing off but also taking off the piece the ASAP screws into.
That needs to go back to AAC, if the part that the removable piston housing threads into is coming off.
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Really? It has threads on it and looks as though it's meant to come off to take baffles out or for complete disassembly. Nothing is broken.
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ejewels wrote:Really? It has threads on it and looks as though it's meant to come off to take baffles out or for complete disassembly. Nothing is broken. I can still take the piston assembly off separately, there were just a few times I also unscrewed the other part.
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ejewels wrote:Really? It has threads on it and looks as though it's meant to come off to take baffles out or for complete disassembly. Nothing is broken.
It is NOT meant to come off, thats why it should go back to AAC to have them check it out.
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ejewels wrote:Really? It has threads on it and looks as though it's meant to come off to take baffles out or for complete disassembly. Nothing is broken.
Check out my thread. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=108869

I wonder if AAC had a bad batch of these go out. It seems to be fairly rare according to everything I could find. Would be interested to know your serial to compare to mine. PM me if you wish.
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My Tirant 45 just did the same thing last month. Piston housing/tube interface came loose while doing routine cleaning. But already shot about 3k rounds through it.

I suggested by email that i could perform the "repair" myself since it's nothing more than applying high-temp red loctite, but AAC thought it best to let them do it instead. I also got a new Cerakote refinish so it looks even better than brand new. Original weaker finish was Gunkote i think.

So call them up or email them and get your prepaid shipping label. Takes about 2-3 weeks turnaround time though.
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Thanks guys, looks like Im emailing AAC
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