mastiffhound
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I will be doing a barrel swap on an old Savage 110. It's currently a .30-06 with a thinner barrel than my 1950's Stevens Buckhorn .22LR. It gets 3 round groups around 2 to 3 inches. 5 shots are even worse. I have 3 bad discs so I'm more sensitive to recoil than I was in my younger days. My .30-06, .300 Win Mag and 3 1/2 inch magnum shotshell days are long behind me. I got a heavier stock and I've now got a heavy varmint contour barrel in .308 Win. Dad's heavy barreled .308 varmint/tactical stocked Savage isn't bad to shoot at all so I'm going that route also.
My question is: Do I need to heat the barrel nut to remove it on my older pre accutrigger Savage? I don't want to weaken the metal. I do have the action and barrel nut wrench. I've also got a good vice for clamping it all down. This Savage was made in the 70's, so that action, barrel, and nut have spent enough time together to build up a good amount of rust and/or crud. Being an ex-mechanic I've learned the joy of heating up things to make them easier to remove, I just want to make sure I won't hurt anything. As usual thank you for all the help!
My question is: Do I need to heat the barrel nut to remove it on my older pre accutrigger Savage? I don't want to weaken the metal. I do have the action and barrel nut wrench. I've also got a good vice for clamping it all down. This Savage was made in the 70's, so that action, barrel, and nut have spent enough time together to build up a good amount of rust and/or crud. Being an ex-mechanic I've learned the joy of heating up things to make them easier to remove, I just want to make sure I won't hurt anything. As usual thank you for all the help!
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