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Rem 700 new take off barrel swap
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 874338" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>The problem with take off barrels is that they are a pig in a poke (You never know whether it will be a good one or a bad one)</p><p></p><p>But it still has to be head spaced and possibly reamed. All replacement barrels must be head spaced to make them safe.</p><p></p><p>I have only seen one barrel fit perfect without head spacing out of many.(that is the reason they are normally cheap).</p><p></p><p>I only keep the brand new take offs to because at least they have a chance of being OK.</p><p></p><p>After I take them off, I place them between centers to see if they are straight. If they are, I normally set them back one thread and re cut the chamber to head space and have fairly good luck getting them to shoot under 1 MOA. Some shoot a 1/2 MOA but that is rare.</p><p></p><p>If they are not straight, I make tools out of them. As one of our members says "it is hard to make a silk purse out of a sows ear"</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 874338, member: 2736"] The problem with take off barrels is that they are a pig in a poke (You never know whether it will be a good one or a bad one) But it still has to be head spaced and possibly reamed. All replacement barrels must be head spaced to make them safe. I have only seen one barrel fit perfect without head spacing out of many.(that is the reason they are normally cheap). I only keep the brand new take offs to because at least they have a chance of being OK. After I take them off, I place them between centers to see if they are straight. If they are, I normally set them back one thread and re cut the chamber to head space and have fairly good luck getting them to shoot under 1 MOA. Some shoot a 1/2 MOA but that is rare. If they are not straight, I make tools out of them. As one of our members says "it is hard to make a silk purse out of a sows ear" J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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