Threading a barrel without taking barrel off?

[gusd]

I always assumed the barrel needed to be taken off in order to thread the muzzle ?
Is this correct, or is it like I just read on a different thread?
"Any gunsmith that can't thread a barrel without removing it shouldn't be a gunsmith."

 

[birdiemc]

Maybe you could chuck up an annular cutter to take it down to size then thread with a die like this
https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/threading-a-bolt-handle-video.231673/

Theres always a way...just a matter of deciding if it's the best way.

 

[bigngreen]

It just depends on the smiths set up.

 

[IdahoCTD]

If they work through the headstock, and its short enough and large enough in diameter for the barrel to be threaded, then the barrel doesnt need to be removed. It also depends on how they like to dial in the bore. With a long stem indicator you only need to dial in the end being threaded.

 

[J E Custom]

Depending on the rifle brand, type of action, length of the barrel, size of the Lathe, size of the chuck and many more parameters, the action can be removed or doesn't have to be removed to thread the muzzle.

It is a decision that the smith needs to make based on many things, it is not a rule cast in concrete that it cant be done any other way. Also sometimes it may be a matter of convenience or just the best way to do the job accurately. Again, the smith should decide this not the general public. There will always be more than one way to do many things, but there is only one 'best' way for a particular task based on the end results.

J E CUSTOM

 

[gusd]

My bad I should have just checked utube first I can totally do it myself with a few tools from the hardware store. Lol.

 

[IdahoCTD]

Yeah doing it and doing it right are two different things. Nothing like a file to get the major diameter just right and who needs a square shoulder anywhere

 

[WyoHunter1]

In the video he had $60 in tools and a smith would have done it for $100?? Now he has to re blue the barrel! I don't think it was worth saving $40.
With my luck
Buying the tools $60
Filing for hours to get the barrel the right size to fit the die $$ ??
Threading it crooked. $$ ?
Paying a smith to cut off the end of the barrel, re crown it, re thread it $200 to $250.
Being MAD AND FEELING LIKE A DUMB !!! for a week. PRICELESS.

 

[JJMoody]

.... bbbbbuuuuutttttt.... saying "I did it myself"....... lol
DIY is overrated- gonna put that on a T-shirt

 

[skinny pedal]

if you get a bolt threaded all the way to the head and weld it to the barrel then run a drill through it. it should work about as good as that video.

 

[gusd]

Now why would you pay a Smith to cut and recrown your barrel if you mess up your threading attempt? You can do it yourself.
Plus look how much the accuracy improved!!

 

[KyCarl]

I would chase those threads ..never in 1000 years would I use a die!
Those things are for junk threads nothing more! Half the time they tear the threads not cut them. Well just use the front of your tailstock to make sure it starts straight...

 

[WyoHunter1]

That last one was a good video too. I think I will try that on my most expensive rifle that I have not even shot yet. It was made my Kirby Allen at APR in 338 AX. His rifles shoot 1/2 MOA at 800 yards. I bet I could cut that in half after watching the video.

 

[gusd]

I wish I had searched utube a few years ago before I had my full customs built.
I could have saved a ton of money!!
Not to mention the pride in doing my own gunsmithing?