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Savage switch barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="Buck Fever" data-source="post: 2764838" data-attributes="member: 113501"><p>Some people do a switch barrel with the barrel only torqued to 30-40 ft-lbs. That seems silly to me because if the barrel loosens or tightens at all, the zero will change.</p><p></p><p>To me, the thing a switch barrel rifle needs is tool less assembly and disassembly. If you need a barrel vise and action wrench, what have you gained?</p><p></p><p>Similarly, when you go to an action with a well defined barrel tennon like an ARC action, a shouldered pre-fit makes a lot of sense (that's what I did with my Archimedes) unless you specifically want to make it a switch barrel setup or you want a Barloc just to make a full DIY gun assembly without a barrel vise or action wrench (that's what I did with my Nucleus and a Proof CF barrel).</p><p></p><p>Then I read about setscrews and now I'm really confused. What are you hoping to accomplish? Is it just turning a Savage pre-fit in to a shouldered barrel? If so, a better method would be to find someone to make thin barrel nuts so you can double nut and secure your shoulder that way. Even if that is exactly what you want, I still wonder why? Just get a GO gauge and a piece of tape, it's really not that hard to set headspace with a barrel nut.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buck Fever, post: 2764838, member: 113501"] Some people do a switch barrel with the barrel only torqued to 30-40 ft-lbs. That seems silly to me because if the barrel loosens or tightens at all, the zero will change. To me, the thing a switch barrel rifle needs is tool less assembly and disassembly. If you need a barrel vise and action wrench, what have you gained? Similarly, when you go to an action with a well defined barrel tennon like an ARC action, a shouldered pre-fit makes a lot of sense (that's what I did with my Archimedes) unless you specifically want to make it a switch barrel setup or you want a Barloc just to make a full DIY gun assembly without a barrel vise or action wrench (that's what I did with my Nucleus and a Proof CF barrel). Then I read about setscrews and now I'm really confused. What are you hoping to accomplish? Is it just turning a Savage pre-fit in to a shouldered barrel? If so, a better method would be to find someone to make thin barrel nuts so you can double nut and secure your shoulder that way. Even if that is exactly what you want, I still wonder why? Just get a GO gauge and a piece of tape, it's really not that hard to set headspace with a barrel nut. [/QUOTE]
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