Bused Barrel Nut

[RyanG]

Had a buddy call me this afternoon about a broken barrel nut on his 112 22-250. He told me that he noticed that the barrel nut was broken while he was watching his brother shoot his rifle.

Told him to bring it buy and I would look at it and see what we could do to replace the broken nut. I pulled the nut and it was cracked all the way across. I put an new one on and reheaspaced the rifle. It works fine.

I have never seen a barrel nut break before. Has anyone else? This is an older model 112 with the flatback action.

Ryan

[geargrinder]

I've heard of the thinner barrel nuts failing with hot RUM loads.

Never heard of a small shank breaking. Must have been a flaw in the metal or something.

Glad it didn't do any harm or damage.

[sharpshooter]

I've seen a few split nuts and they were all of the older round bottom groove type. These were thinner in the groove, and I suspect most of the ones that split, were split when they were originally installed.

[GaCop]

This is the first time I've heard of a barrel nut cracking.

[sharpshooter]

I've ran across 3-4 in the last 20 yrs.

[Slowpoke Slim]

Wow,

I've never heard of that, but if Fred has only seen 3 or 4 in 20 years, I'm certainly not going to start worrying about it now.