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A TIE BACK RECEPTACLE EXTENSION INCLUDES A STINGER (34) HAVING A SMOOTH BORE LATCH ASSEMBLY (22) CARRIED THEREON WHICH INCLUDES A WEDGE DEVICE (46) AND A RAMP (52), AND THE RAMP OUTWARDLY DISPLACES THE WEDGE DEVICE TO SECURE THE STINGER WITHIN A SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH BORE (20). A SMOOTHBORE LATCH ASSEMBLY INCLUDES A SPIRAL WOUND SPRING (54) RECEIVED IN A RECESS (48), AND THE RECESS AND THE SPRING EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY RELATIVE TO A STINGER. A RAMP OUTWARDLY DISPLACES THE SPRING RELATIVE TO THE RECESS IN RESPONSE TO DISPLACEMENT OF THE SPRING RELATIVE TO THE RAMP. A METHOD OF SECURING A STINGER WITHIN A SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH BORE INCLUDES: PROVIDING A LATCH ASSEMBLY ON THE STINGER; INSERTING THE STINGER INTO THE BORE; AND ENGAGING THE LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH THE BORE, THEREBY SECURING THE STINGER RELATIVE TO THE BORE, WITHOUT THE LATCH ASSEMBLY ENGAGING ANY RECESS FORMED IN THE BORE.
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