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Weatherby Mark V action wrench
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<blockquote data-quote="44-40" data-source="post: 2876692" data-attributes="member: 126985"><p>This is what you're up against in old blued factory actions. The correct action wrench, with 1 1/2" bolts , 240 ft/lbs of torque on lubed 1" hardened bolts and long cheater bar. You begin to damage the action wrench...stop and machine the barrel, to under the lug, smack it forward with a rubber mallet..add penetrating oil as it will still be rather hard to remove...this is a recent Remington. A Weatherby will have the recoil lug with the action, so a different wrench is needed.</p><p>But the point is this was a 1972 Remington blued action rusted together and deep bluing is a major contributer. </p><p>I just did a barrel yesterday...it was fairly easy compared to this one... and requires boring the blocks that hold the barrel to the exact dia in a milling machine with a boring head, I use aluminum for this, not oak wood, then mill off a 1/16 " so they have a gap to grip the barrel most of the 360 degrees, when you put so much force on the clamp bolts, it will crush oak blocks, making them useless on tough factory barrels. Most are not this difficult but some are, you just never know, and none are easy on old factory blued actions and barrels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="44-40, post: 2876692, member: 126985"] This is what you're up against in old blued factory actions. The correct action wrench, with 1 1/2" bolts , 240 ft/lbs of torque on lubed 1" hardened bolts and long cheater bar. You begin to damage the action wrench...stop and machine the barrel, to under the lug, smack it forward with a rubber mallet..add penetrating oil as it will still be rather hard to remove...this is a recent Remington. A Weatherby will have the recoil lug with the action, so a different wrench is needed. But the point is this was a 1972 Remington blued action rusted together and deep bluing is a major contributer. I just did a barrel yesterday...it was fairly easy compared to this one... and requires boring the blocks that hold the barrel to the exact dia in a milling machine with a boring head, I use aluminum for this, not oak wood, then mill off a 1/16 " so they have a gap to grip the barrel most of the 360 degrees, when you put so much force on the clamp bolts, it will crush oak blocks, making them useless on tough factory barrels. Most are not this difficult but some are, you just never know, and none are easy on old factory blued actions and barrels. [/QUOTE]
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