Quote Originally Posted by mikeinco View Post
my opinion is the savage wrench collapses the nut against the bbl threads and makes
it harder to get off
I have found the same to be true of the action wrench. Every time I have removed and/or installed a barrel, I have noticed once the action wrench is tightened around the receiver, the barrel will no longer thread out. When I install one, I always have to get it in and headspaced, before I tighten the action wrench. And the same thing when removing one. Once the nut is loose, I have to loosen the action wrench before I can remove the barrel from the receiver.
I have only ever removed 1 smooth barrel nut, and it was just recently. I had to torque the wrench around the nut super tight to keep it from slipping, but it broke loose and spun fine (other than being gritty) after being broke loose, even with the wrench torqued so tight I thought the clamp bolt was going to break.