In article SDcPe.208360$HI.72513@edtnps84,
says...
1.050 is the nominal OD of 3/4" pipe. Coincidence?

Just close enough to get you in trouble, since 3/4" NPT has
14 threads per inch, but as I am learning, garden hose (GHT)
has 11.5 threads per inch. If you did manage to get the
threads to grab, it would mess them up and probably still leak.