Removing the muzzle break

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When I removed the break from my .308 fluted barrel, I had to use vice grips with thick leather in the jaws to hold the barrel & a wrench on the flats of the break.
Mine had a "pucker factor" of at least 8.3....

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When I removed the break from my .308 fluted barrel, I had to use vice grips with thick leather in the jaws to hold the barrel & a wrench on the flats of the break.
Mine had a "pucker factor" of at least 8.3....

I did about the same.

I warmed my brake with the heat gun and it made the removal a much lower pucker factor with some heat to expand the brake. I didn't know if they were Loctite on them, 300 degrees and the Loctite is done.