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Weatherby Vanguard Re-barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 2054174" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p>You can rebarrel pretty easily but nothing like as easily as a typical Savage. Your gunsmith will probably hate you for it in any event because the barrel threads are going to be metric and there's a bolt nose recess, both of which require more work. The metric threads usually peeve them off the most and some won't even touch metric threads. You could probably delete the bolt nose recess in the barrel tenon but that would reduce the number of threads engaged and a Howa already has a super short tenon so probably not a good idea.</p><p></p><p>My advice, don't even try to take the factory barrel off yourself. Let your smithy do it. Even if you have the Mauser action wrench and a barrel vise (I have both) it'll stand a good chance of defeating you (It defeated me and a 15lbs sledge). They have a 900lbs gorilla at the factory that does the barrel torquing as far as I can tell. The McGowan barrel nut works really well. </p><p></p><p>Here's my Howa with the barrel nut from McGowan. It cost twice what my Savages to to have the barrel set up.</p><p><img src="https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/img_5049.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 667px" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 2054174, member: 96226"] You can rebarrel pretty easily but nothing like as easily as a typical Savage. Your gunsmith will probably hate you for it in any event because the barrel threads are going to be metric and there's a bolt nose recess, both of which require more work. The metric threads usually peeve them off the most and some won't even touch metric threads. You could probably delete the bolt nose recess in the barrel tenon but that would reduce the number of threads engaged and a Howa already has a super short tenon so probably not a good idea. My advice, don't even try to take the factory barrel off yourself. Let your smithy do it. Even if you have the Mauser action wrench and a barrel vise (I have both) it'll stand a good chance of defeating you (It defeated me and a 15lbs sledge). They have a 900lbs gorilla at the factory that does the barrel torquing as far as I can tell. The McGowan barrel nut works really well. Here's my Howa with the barrel nut from McGowan. It cost twice what my Savages to to have the barrel set up. [IMG width="667px"]https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/img_5049.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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