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<blockquote data-quote="TR1Hemi" data-source="post: 2514691" data-attributes="member: 122752"><p>People have been using new brass to headspace barrels on Pre-Fit Savages for years. Hence the name Pre-Fit. Actually it is standard practice for those with out the need for a special 1 or 2 time use gauge is to set it with tape on the shoulder. At any rate my headspace is smaller than it was, it was either a factory oops, or had been apart, or rebarreled a some point, prior to me getting it.</p><p></p><p>Ouch. There is a limit to getting a job done without a special tool. I have heard of that practice. I actually have a blued nut on it's way in case we had to resort to sacrificing it. Now I have a spare. I had the barrel nut wrench, for builds, but had never taken a factory barrel off. I did not want t jack up the nice blueing, so rather than buying an action or barrel vice, a friend came by with his. One wack it was free, sans scratches. He told me not to bother getting an action wrench, I could use it whenever. After that the barrel moved freely by hand. Cakewalk after that. Some quick measurements, and it was back together in an hour, just a little tighter than before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TR1Hemi, post: 2514691, member: 122752"] People have been using new brass to headspace barrels on Pre-Fit Savages for years. Hence the name Pre-Fit. Actually it is standard practice for those with out the need for a special 1 or 2 time use gauge is to set it with tape on the shoulder. At any rate my headspace is smaller than it was, it was either a factory oops, or had been apart, or rebarreled a some point, prior to me getting it. Ouch. There is a limit to getting a job done without a special tool. I have heard of that practice. I actually have a blued nut on it's way in case we had to resort to sacrificing it. Now I have a spare. I had the barrel nut wrench, for builds, but had never taken a factory barrel off. I did not want t jack up the nice blueing, so rather than buying an action or barrel vice, a friend came by with his. One wack it was free, sans scratches. He told me not to bother getting an action wrench, I could use it whenever. After that the barrel moved freely by hand. Cakewalk after that. Some quick measurements, and it was back together in an hour, just a little tighter than before. [/QUOTE]
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