1.062" barrel

[liseo]

Hi guys

Can I safely install and use 1.062"X16 barrel in a 1.072"X16 Remington action?



Tks

 

[Sniperhandle]

There would be no shoulder to tighten against. No you cannot use the barrel.

 

[LVLAaron]

There would be no shoulder to tighten against. No you cannot use the barrel.

it's only 10 thou.

 

[GenePoole]

I think the OP means a "blueprinted" action opened up to 1.072 from 1.062. It might work but be a little loose.

 

[boltfluter]

Hi guys

Can I safely install and use 1.062"X16 barrel in a 1.072"X16 Remington action?



Tks

If the thread pitch is truly off by .010 I would not do it. It may not end well. If only the od is off by. 010 that may work. Machinist Handbook could tell you for sure. Tread lightly grasshopper .
Paul

 

[liseo]

I think the OP means a "blueprinted" action opened up to 1.072 from 1.062. It might work but be a little loose.

This

 

[Sniperhandle]

This

Now I see the rest of the question, On my first cup and I'm still partly cloudy today.

 

[Preacher]

Not a good idea !!!

 

[LVLAaron]

It's not out of the realm of possibility. I don't think it would be dangerous is torqued properly... but it might not yield ideal results.

 

[Walt Krafft]

A good reason not to f with the threads on an action. You will pretty much lose any improvement you were trying to get by messing with the threads. A hunting gun, clean and degrease and screw together with blue locktite just a little more than hand tight. A target rifle, don't do it.

 

[akajun]

I would, and I have, they seem to shoot ok but they are not high pressure stuff, 223,308 etc
I actually got a deal on a lightly used .223 factory barrel for a 700 and shot it out with 77 and 80 gr loads, shot well enough in 600yd prone matches

 

[BoydAllen]

I think that it would depend on how well the barrel fit an unmodified action. If it was on the loose side for a standard action then that would be added to by .010. FYI, if the thread form of a 16 pitch thread comes to a point at the top and a V at the bottom, the height of the thread is .054. If we divide the .010 added looseness by two we get .005 per side. (V threads tend to center as they are tightened.) Of course barrel and for that matter action threads rarely come to sharp points so that needs to be taken into account when considering overlap. I am not telling you what you should do, just providing some information.

 

[AlNyhus]

Many years ago, I bought a used rifle in 6HLS and shot the snot out of it on 'dogs for 2 years. When I took the barrel off, it had a wrap of Teflon tape arround the tenon threads.

 

[LVLAaron]

Many years ago, I bought a used rifle in 6HLS and shot the snot out of it on 'dogs for 2 years. When I took the barrel off, it had a wrap of Teflon tape arround the tenon threads.

Hahaha... I don't hate it.

 

[jackieschmidt]

A .010 oversized on the pitch diameter would not be a safety issue.
Heck, I have taken Panda and Bat Barrels,(1.062 18 tpi), and established a 16 tpi on top of the 18 it to screw into a Remington use as a prairie dog rifle.

As to whether it would affect accuracy can be debatable. I have seen some pretty sloppy fit barrels that shot quite well.
Clearance is clearance. If tightened properly, a V thread will self center, whether there is .001 or .010 clearance.

 

[Ccrider]

A .010 oversized on the pitch diameter would not be a safety issue.
Heck, I have taken Panda and Bat Barrels,(1.062 18 tpi), and established a 16 tpi on top of the 18 it to screw into a Remington use as a prairie dog rifle.

As to whether it would affect accuracy can be debatable. I have seen some pretty sloppy fit barrels that shot quite well.
Clearance is clearance. If tightened properly, a V thread will self center, whether there is .001 or .010 clearance.

Knowledge is truly a wonderful thing!

 

[urbanrifleman]

Knowledge is truly a wonderful thing!

Loose is better than tight for accuracy, in my opinion. I'm not sure I'm the first to ever say that.