Has anyone done the same thing to a Browning A-Bolt action?
Don't they screw off like a Remington?
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Has anyone done the same thing to a Browning A-Bolt action?
Don't they screw off like a Remington?
No... they do not. Yes, they are threaded, but after talking to several gunsmiths, no one has managed to get one off with out destroying something.
A-bolts unscrew just like any other of the 'major' bolt action rifles. You can talk to MidWest Gun Works or Wild West, to name a couple that do such work (or at least they did before the mad rush in recent times). Browning uses a tighter thread than most, so it's easy for the ham-fisted, get-a-bigger-hammer type of 'smith to screw them up. No good reason you can't do what you're talking about, though it'll be tougher to find support if you need a 'smith locally or something.
Honestly the gun industry seems to be waking up to the barrel nut idea or at the very least changeable barrels by the owner like t/c's new dimension.I think if a smith could make you a nut which isnt really hard,it would work fine.