Did my first barrel swap last night and I wanted to throw out a big thanks to the folks on the forum for making it smooth and easy.

Swapped the factory barrel on a 16 LWH for a 22" #4 sporter contour from ragged hole barrels. After much deliberation, I went with a Viper barrel vise and NSS barrel nut wrench. Used a pipe wrench to remove the smooth factory nut and the only thing goofy was as I've seen a few times posted here before was blasting media underneath the barrel nut. It wasn't on the barrel threads from the nut to the chamber just under the nut but it made it a pain to get all the way off.

Headspaced with a PTG go gauge and used scotch tape on the back for the no go. Had to open up the barrel channel at bit the last couple inches of the fore end and she's looking good.

Assuming it doesn't come apart when I fire it for the first time I see more swaps and builds in my future.

Thanks again for all the sage advice!


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