1/2"-28 Threading Alignment Tool (TAT) Die Starter for .22 / .223 - Gunsmithing by NTC

worked great to thread my .22 rossi

Does what is intended

Great product it worked as stated, with absolutely no issues! Easy to use, and good quality for the money. Overall I recommend and would absolutely purchase again!

It works. I had to very lightly sand the shaft to get it to go into the barrel, but that means that thare was absolutely no play as I was cutting the threads.Aluminum is a better choice than steel for this--steel would damage the rifling in the barrel if it fit with the proper tightness. If the fit is tight, the aluminum will deform before damaging the rifling.I had no problem with the shaft bending. If you're torquing the die sideways while cutting threads, you're doing it wrong. Even if the die starts out straight, your cut will wander off-center if you don't consistently apply equal pressure to both handles of the die holder.I don't know if this will help you cut threads accurate enough to mount a long suppressor without baffle strikes, but it's definitely good enough to thread a barrel for a flash hider or muzzle brake.If it had a collet-style adjustment to ensure a tight fit I'd give it 5 stars. But coming slightly oversized and sanding to exact fit works reasonably well, especially for the price.

Great for aligning die to clean up the muzzle threads.

Made the threading job fast & accurate.

I bought this thread alignment tool (TAT) for putting muzzle threads on a CUR-2 (commercial Romy AK74). I ordered the TAT and the die as a combo set but it wasn't until later that I realized that I'd ordered a TAT that was for a .224 bore when the 5.45mm bore of my rifle works out to .220-221, depending who you ask. I resigned myself to turning the TAT down on a lathe for proper fit so you can imagine my surprise when I test-fit the TAT in my rifle and found that it fit like a glove!This item would have gotten 5/5 stars if it was listed as being made for a 5.45 bore. I docked it some points because it might have been a bit loose in an actual .223/5.56 bore. I hope the difference isn't enough to screw up someone's project.

just as described

Works well

Works well. Zero run out.

Nice quality