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stubborn factory barrel removal
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<blockquote data-quote="sven556" data-source="post: 1712716" data-attributes="member: 109792"><p>I am trying to remove a factory barrel from a remington 700. I've tried about every method that I've read to hold the barrel, and none have worked yet. I am using the Wheeler Barrel Vise and NSS Action wrench. The action wrench seems to hold firm but I can't keep the barrel from spinning in the barrel vise. So far I have been using oak jaws in the barrel vise. I have tried using paper between the blocks for added friction, didn't hold. Powdered sugar didn't work. A propane torch into the chamber didn't work. On the propane torch, I had the action wrench bolted to the action while I applied the torch to the chamber, would the action wrench have acted as a large heat sink and not allowed enough heat to the threads? Even the action wrench was pretty hot by the time I quit. </p><p></p><p>After everything cooled off I put the barrel in the pipe jaws of my bench vise and tried to remove the action again without any results. The barrel just spins in the vise jaws! </p><p></p><p>So the barrel isn't going to be saved. I'm about to take the barrel vise and barrel, epoxy the barrel to the wood blocks, let it set up and try again. Any suggestions on what I should try now?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sven556, post: 1712716, member: 109792"] I am trying to remove a factory barrel from a remington 700. I've tried about every method that I've read to hold the barrel, and none have worked yet. I am using the Wheeler Barrel Vise and NSS Action wrench. The action wrench seems to hold firm but I can't keep the barrel from spinning in the barrel vise. So far I have been using oak jaws in the barrel vise. I have tried using paper between the blocks for added friction, didn't hold. Powdered sugar didn't work. A propane torch into the chamber didn't work. On the propane torch, I had the action wrench bolted to the action while I applied the torch to the chamber, would the action wrench have acted as a large heat sink and not allowed enough heat to the threads? Even the action wrench was pretty hot by the time I quit. After everything cooled off I put the barrel in the pipe jaws of my bench vise and tried to remove the action again without any results. The barrel just spins in the vise jaws! So the barrel isn't going to be saved. I'm about to take the barrel vise and barrel, epoxy the barrel to the wood blocks, let it set up and try again. Any suggestions on what I should try now? [/QUOTE]
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