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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 1263633" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>Well a man has to know his limitations. But I just installed a 20 Practical barrel on a Savage action tonight. It uses a 223 go gauge so I bought one since I'm also building an AR today too. I replaced the bolt head with the new 223, which already had the extractor and ejector stripped. I screwed the barrel nut onto the barrel, dropped on the new recoil lug, and screwed the barrel most of the way into the action. I inserted the whole thing into my homemade action vise. I inserted the go gauge, then the bold and closed it. I screwed the barrel hard into the gauge. Then I screwed the nut in. Using a nut wrench, I hand tightened the nut, then whacked it a few times with a hammer. Removing the barreled action from the vise, I found the bolt would close on the go gauge but way too tight. So I put it back in the vise and loosened the nut. I backed the barrel off a quarter turn. Now I whacked the nut very tight again. Now, the bolt closed as it should. I put two layers of Scotch tape on the back of the go gauge to turn it into a no-go gauge. The bolt would not close on this, not even close. Headspace good. The barreled action is now ready for the chassis due to arrive end of the year.</p><p></p><p>I had never had a Savage bolt head apart before and needed to move the extractor and ejector from the old to new. I messed with the extractor and figured it was a plate on top of a ball on top of a spring, and got it apart with fingers. The ejector, I did a quick Google search to figure out how it worked. I didn't have a small enough punch to remove the retaining pin, so I grabbed a tiny nail from a picture hanging kit and it came right apart. Moved the parts over.</p><p></p><p>This is not rocket science. If I had a regular stock instead of a chassis I'd have to bed it, and that is not rocket science either. I learned off the internet and have pillar bedded about a dozen guns now, with no major problems at all. For the money it saves, I didn't mind learning. Especially if you like guns and know you will use the skills on more of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 1263633, member: 1656"] Well a man has to know his limitations. But I just installed a 20 Practical barrel on a Savage action tonight. It uses a 223 go gauge so I bought one since I'm also building an AR today too. I replaced the bolt head with the new 223, which already had the extractor and ejector stripped. I screwed the barrel nut onto the barrel, dropped on the new recoil lug, and screwed the barrel most of the way into the action. I inserted the whole thing into my homemade action vise. I inserted the go gauge, then the bold and closed it. I screwed the barrel hard into the gauge. Then I screwed the nut in. Using a nut wrench, I hand tightened the nut, then whacked it a few times with a hammer. Removing the barreled action from the vise, I found the bolt would close on the go gauge but way too tight. So I put it back in the vise and loosened the nut. I backed the barrel off a quarter turn. Now I whacked the nut very tight again. Now, the bolt closed as it should. I put two layers of Scotch tape on the back of the go gauge to turn it into a no-go gauge. The bolt would not close on this, not even close. Headspace good. The barreled action is now ready for the chassis due to arrive end of the year. I had never had a Savage bolt head apart before and needed to move the extractor and ejector from the old to new. I messed with the extractor and figured it was a plate on top of a ball on top of a spring, and got it apart with fingers. The ejector, I did a quick Google search to figure out how it worked. I didn't have a small enough punch to remove the retaining pin, so I grabbed a tiny nail from a picture hanging kit and it came right apart. Moved the parts over. This is not rocket science. If I had a regular stock instead of a chassis I'd have to bed it, and that is not rocket science either. I learned off the internet and have pillar bedded about a dozen guns now, with no major problems at all. For the money it saves, I didn't mind learning. Especially if you like guns and know you will use the skills on more of them. [/QUOTE]
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