removing smooth barrel nut

[LoneWolf]

Pipe wrench, strap wrench, etc, sounds like a real pain. I put the barrel in a barrel vice and use an action wrench to back (unscrew) the action away from the nut. No muss, no fuss. As soon as the action breaks away from the nut, the nut and barrel unscrewed by hand. It was quite easy.

-Rick

Only if the threads are clean which from what I've seen on this forum is not often unless you changed the barrel previously!

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[FW Conch]

+1 to what LoneWolf said. There are many action nuts out there that aren't that easy!

[OLEJOE]

just removed a smooth nut with the Wheeler wrench and the brass shim that came with it. It came off pretty easy. Just kept tightening the bolt on the wrench and hit it with a hammer. I will give someone the wrench and unscathed smooth nut as I'm not going to use either again.

[Switchbarrel]

Only if the threads are clean which from what I've seen on this forum is not often unless you changed the barrel previously!

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It was a brand new factory rifle. First time for the barrel coming off.
The threads within the action were fine. Unscrewing the action off the barrel as I did, you don't even need to touch the nut (or the threads under/behind it). It's becomes essentially the same procedure as
any shouldered Remington or ? barrel removal.

-Rick

[FW Conch]

Switchbarrel, with a barrel vice and an action wrench, you are well "set up". That does help take the pain out of the process. :-)