Ol' BW
02-05-2016, 09:44 PM
I removed my first barrel today. It has a smooth barrel nut so I had to use a pipe wrench. I soaked the barrel nut down with PB Blaster and let it set overnight. I got up this morning and mounted the action in the Northland Shooter Supply action wrench before I went to work. I came home from work and tried the pipe wrench, no go. So I got out the heat gun and heated it up and tried again, no luck.
Took a couple of hammers and put one on one side and whacked the barrel nut with the other, tried the pipe wrench, not budging. Time to pull out the "big guns".
Took the whole mess out to the shop and put the action wrench in the vise with the widest side between the jaws so the barrel was parallel to the jaws. I put the pipe wrench in place on the barrel nut then found a "cheater bar" which consisted of a 4 ft. section of 11/2" diameter galvanized pipe installed on the end of the pipe wrench. Eased on the pressure and turned the barrel and nut right out!
I then followed a suggestion in another thread, removed the barrel lug and threaded the barrel back in the action with the bolt closed and bottomed the barrel out on the bolt then turned the barrel nut to get it started off the barrel.
I'll try and post some pictures later.
Nothing like having the right tools and a plan coming together!
BW
Took a couple of hammers and put one on one side and whacked the barrel nut with the other, tried the pipe wrench, not budging. Time to pull out the "big guns".
Took the whole mess out to the shop and put the action wrench in the vise with the widest side between the jaws so the barrel was parallel to the jaws. I put the pipe wrench in place on the barrel nut then found a "cheater bar" which consisted of a 4 ft. section of 11/2" diameter galvanized pipe installed on the end of the pipe wrench. Eased on the pressure and turned the barrel and nut right out!
I then followed a suggestion in another thread, removed the barrel lug and threaded the barrel back in the action with the bolt closed and bottomed the barrel out on the bolt then turned the barrel nut to get it started off the barrel.
I'll try and post some pictures later.
Nothing like having the right tools and a plan coming together!
BW