doubleh
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I had a couple of comments but since this is the HighRoad I decided to with hold them. Ya'll have fun with your loctite and pipe wrenches.
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kmw1954
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Yes I made a comment about the use of a pipe wrench on the smooth nut and was advised not to by a member on another forum whom also sent a picture of a destroyed receiver from the use of a pipe wrench. So if someone has read my comment as advice on "how to" then they are flatly and wholly mistaken.
Then in the instance of my replacement the intention was to replace the nut and the lug with a grooved nut and Precision Ground lug from Northland Shooters Supply, which were already purchased before the removal..
Also when I started the replacement on mine advice was asked for from this forum and none was given, seems until now, after the fact.
kmw1954
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The 223 barrel on my Model 10 is about worn out and while still pretty accurate it is no where near as precise as the Model 12 barrel so I have been contemplating a Shilen pre-fit in 223 with a 1:7.5 4 groove or a 6BR.
I’m about 1500-2k rounds through my 223rem factory barrel. I love the 223rem for cheap target shooting and woodchuck hunting. When this one goes I’ll be re barreling it. Probably go 1-8 this time.
The 6BR will be for 300yard games I want to try out. It’s a 1-12 so I can shoot varmint bullets
Ill add that ive found enough bent lugs on old donor guns, i just replace them when i pull a barrel for myself. Many people also replace the smooth nuts with the groved ones because they are easier to deal with.
Im quite happy destroying a part I have no use for, but very rarely is it actually necessary. As often as not they can be removed cleanly with little enough extra effort......given the correct set of tools.
I think i have a 1-8 or 9 barrel i pulled from a savage somewhere around the garage if i havent already given it away. Ill look around for it.I’m about 1500-2k rounds through my 223rem factory barrel. I love the 223rem for cheap target shooting and woodchuck hunting. When this one goes I’ll be re barreling it. Probably go 1-8 this time.
The 6BR will be for 300yard games I want to try out. It’s a 1-12 so I can shoot varmint bullets
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kmw1954
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A key ingredient, the correct tools.
After purchasing the Wheeler Wrench and the NSS Receiver wrench I thought I had the "right" tools too. Until actually attempting the job and having the Smooth Wheeler just spin on the nut.
You guys are killing me.
Theres a number of tricks that you can try when the are just spinning. Adding rosin tapping the action/nut to shock it loose, torching it, spinning the barrel in or out as VT suggested, spin the action off rhe barrel instead of the other way...... There's other things you can do and there's other tools that make the job a lot easier.
An actual barrel vice is useful for a lot of these kinds of projects, not really that hard to build.
I use mine interchangeably to hold actions, and other roundy things....
I've also spun barrel nuts off with pipe wrenches, simply because I'm too lazy to dig my wrench set out of a pile of crap on my bench..... And those are the nutted ones because I hate those things, and immediately replace them with smooth ones.
..... You don't get to die yet......We have other projects for you to work on!You guys are killing me.
That literally made me laugh out loud...... You don't get to die yet......We have other projects for you to work on!
Yesterday was busy! Sierra match kings are Chronographed, scope is sighted in for them, added a 1” recoil pad to the Boyd’s stock for more LOP, hung around and watched a steel pistol shoot, got everything ready last night to head to the 300yard match thinking it was today but it was yesterday.
I woke up this morning and was alerted there was a 22lr match today but I still don’t have the scope sighted in or ammo tested. I planned on heading to the club at noon when it opened to do all this and shoot the match but the rain had other plans. That’s okay, Friday will consist of loading more SMK, sighting in the scope, testing match ammo and waiting until mid June for the next matches.
I woke up this morning and was alerted there was a 22lr match today but I still don’t have the scope sighted in or ammo tested. I planned on heading to the club at noon when it opened to do all this and shoot the match but the rain had other plans. That’s okay, Friday will consist of loading more SMK, sighting in the scope, testing match ammo and waiting until mid June for the next matches.
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This, for sure.
Or eliminate the nut altogether and replace it with a shouldered barrel.
Thats my preferred method ( primarily because I like the way they look.... But also because once it's set, if you want to remove it for some reason, all you need to do is screw it back in, and you're good to go).
If I'm ordering a barrel I almost always get shouldered, go for the last build I did. I went ahead and used a nut.
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