Thread ruger no 1 for brake?

[mram10]

Is there an easy way to thread a ruger no 1 for 5/8-24? Thx

 

[Preacher]

IF your headstock is the correct length, it's no problem threading it with the receiver on the barrel..

 

[kendog]

Easiest way for me is to unscrew the barrel.

 

[mram10]

Thx guys. How easy to unscrew the barrel?

 

[kendog]

Thx guys. How easy to unscrew the barrel?

Standard gunsmith task. 1"-16 RH threads. Strip the receiver and rib from barrel, put a small witness mark under the wood line, chuck it up in your barrel vise, put the receiver wrench on it and turn it off. Use paper to protect the finish.
With receiver attached it would take short head stock to grab the barrel in front of the for end iron. I need 23-1/2" so I pull the barrel.

 

[mram10]

Thanks so much! I'll try and let you know

 

[Will Henry]

You can turn an extended center held in your three jaw chuck. Then, strip the receiver and set the barrelled action up with this center in the breech end of the barrel and the muzzle running on the tailstock center (use a live center). The barrelled action is driven by the tang resting against one of the chuck jaws. You will want to touch up the crown with a piloted center reamer after threading. WH

 

[butchlambert]

You can turn an extended center held in your three jaw chuck. Then, strip the receiver and set the barrelled action up with this center in the breech end of the barrel and the muzzle running on the tailstock center (use a live center). The barrelled action is driven by the tang resting against one of the chuck jaws. You will want to touch up the crown with a piloted center reamer after threading. WH

If your center in the tailstock is dead nuts to the turned center. I would only do it in a headstock.
Many ways to skin that old cat.

 

[Will Henry]

Butch, If your tailstock center is not aligned with the machine axis, it is of no value whatsoever and it is, of course, adjustable. The truth is though, if the tail stock is not perfectly aligned with the axis, the thread will still be concentric to the bore but it may be tapered to a very minor extent. If the tailstock was misaligned by .010" (huge), how much taper would exist in a thread 5/8 of an inch long on a 26 inch barrel? I'm thinking about .0004" or, put another way, not much and certainly not enough to be a problem in a muzzle brake thread. After all, gunsmiths threaded barrels on the breech end this way for years.
If the barrel is long enough and the headstock short enough, one can easily do it through the headstock but a Number One doesn't have a lot of barrel ahead of the hanger. My instructions are to describe an easy, workable, means to accomplish the task without removing the rib and pulling the barrel. I've seen issues arise often enough from removing and replacing that rib and dowels that I think it's not a bad idea to avoid it where possible; especially if one is trying to make a living at it. Regards, WH

 

[mram10]

All, thank you for the advice. I just setup my new lathe. Once I perfect threading without breaking bits and crossing threads I will try the barreled action way. The rib has a screw that is not wanting to come out.