Action puller

[LVLAaron]

Hindsight is always 20/20. Getting that AL Neuvo out of its bedding was a borderline nightmare. Probably in part to it's "extended" threaded nubs...

Anyway, need a tool make a tool. Here's my take on an action puller.

One mandrel is for a ~.700 raceway, the other is for the Neuvo profile.

Just some odds and ends I had around the shop. Needs a rotating flange nut, but so far so good.

 

[INTJ]

I think I'll float mine by wrapping tape around the thread extensions.

Regardless, I have had good luck with tightening long action screws in the action holes and then tapping them.

Not that I want to dissuade you from making a cool new tool......

 

[LVLAaron]

I put two wraps of electrical tape around them... but they're still tight to get out. Since it's an aluminum action, I didn't want to do a whole lot of pounding/tapping on the pins and potentially mucking up the action threads.

 

[INTJ]

I put two wraps of electrical tape around them... but they're still tight to get out. Since it's an aluminum action, I didn't want to do a whole lot of pounding/tapping on the pins and potentially mucking up the action threads.

Just thinking out loud here. IIRC, aluminum is supposed to be better at handling impact than steel. If that is so, would it be better to use an action puller on steel actions and then maybe a punch that is the diameter of the thread boss for aluminum?

Of course, the real weak point is the stock.

I am excited to try my aluminum Nuevo on my next LG. It will be a project for this winter. Biggest part will be the full inlet on a flat-top Wheeler LRB. My mill is the non-variable version of yours, and I have just enough travel to inlet a flat-top LRBR stock.

 

[LVLAaron]

Do yourself a favor and get the Wilton 2 axis vice. If I had a mill I only did inletting on, that would be the only vice it ever saw .

 

[LVLAaron]

Page 140 if anyone is interested.

https://info.publicintelligence.net/USMC-M40-MaintenanceManual.pdf

 

[LVLAaron]

Just thinking out loud here. IIRC, aluminum is supposed to be better at handling impact than steel. If that is so, would it be better to use an action puller on steel actions and then maybe a punch that is the diameter of the thread boss for aluminum?

It absorbs vibrations better... because it's softer. I like the idea of it coming straight up and out vs back and forth tappy tappy and possibly damaging the recoil lug surface.

 

[INTJ]

I think tappy tappy separates the parts more quickly and with less movement and force than a straight pull. You aren't going to damage the lug, but if there isn't enough clearance in front of the lug you could damage the bedding.

To be honest, we have separated barrels actions from stocks using several different methods, and they all work with without damaging the bedding. I imagine with a puller, you could preload it then tap it to quickly pop the action loose. That just might be the best way of all the methods.....

 

[xr650rRider]

A clothes iron on high and set on top of the rail works wonders as well. Especially for glue-ins.

 

[ebb]

Wow I made mine with three little pieces of Oak and 4 drywall screws and 2 1 inch c clamps.

 

[Edd]

I haven"t used it yet but I have one of these.

LRI SuperDuty Series: Professional Gunsmithing Bedding Removal Gantry. (BRG)

The "LRI SuperDuty Series" of products are made to answer the need for commercial-grade tools specific to the gunsmithing industry. These tools have been vetted in our own facility for years (sometimes in excess of a decade) prior to being offered to the public. The LRI Bedding Removal...

www.longriflesinc.com

 

[AlNyhus]

Levering them out using the barrel can definitely distort the recoil lug mortise. This is a home made tool I've used for years on round actions. -Al

https://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/action-jack-bedding-tool.4092501/

Nice work LVLAaron.

 

[LVLAaron]

I haven"t used it yet but I have one of these.

LRI SuperDuty Series: Professional Gunsmithing Bedding Removal Gantry. (BRG)

The "LRI SuperDuty Series" of products are made to answer the need for commercial-grade tools specific to the gunsmithing industry. These tools have been vetted in our own facility for years (sometimes in excess of a decade) prior to being offered to the public. The LRI Bedding Removal...

www.longriflesinc.com

I saw that... will it fit over a 1.55" action?

 

[tac284]

I saw that... will it fit over a 1.55" action?

No, it’s just shy of 1-7/16 opening

 

[LVLAaron]

 

[tac284]

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I probably say those words everyday…

 

[Edd]

I saw that... will it fit over a 1.55" action?

Not unless you made some new side rails for it.

 

[LVLAaron]

Found a chunk of aluminum the right size... so I built an M40 tool to spec. Fun little project... if you like piles of aluminum swarf in your dogs tail.