Action wrenches

[Stan Taylor]

Some people could tear up an action with an outside wrench too so keep that in mind

I agree to some degree have you ever used a internal wrench to take a factory barrel off.

 

[Will Henry]

I use two different inside wrenches. One is a rear entry wrench with a hexagonal head. The other is a port entry wrench. The important thing, with either wrench, is to make them so they have clearance over the rails to avoid breaking the thin rails. WH

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I agree to some degree have you ever used a internal wrench to take a factory barr

Yes its all i use. Only outside wrench i have is a tikka. Made mine many years ago because i blued it. Bout to need a new nut tigged on it.

 

[Stan Taylor]

Yes its all i use. Only outside wrench i have is a tikka. Made mine many years ago because i blued it. Bout to need a new nut tigged on it. View attachment 1186494

So you are saying that inline wrench, is all you use to take a per say a factory,Remington barrel off or most other actions.
Your a hell of a better man than I if that's the case.

 

[Stan Taylor]

We have a gammit of external wrenches along with internal wrenches for about every actions out there.
P.S. I would just love to be present to see someone use an internal wrench an take off a factory P-17 Enfield barrel off.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

So you are saying that inline wrench, is all you use to take a per say a factory,Remington barrel off or most other actions.
Your a hell of a better man than I if that's the case.

Yes an internal wrench and a great scott barrel vise, or any other vise that captures the recoil lug, is all ive ever needed for remingtons. Sometimes i have to relieve the shoulder in front of the lug but its worked for thousands of remingtons over the past 25yrs. Surprisingly the brand new ones are tougher than the old rusted ones. Since i sure dont advocate re using a factory barrel it doesnt matter to me what damage it suffers during its removal.
As far as the enfield- i wouldnt know, so no need in getting set up to do one!

 

[atblis]

Following on the theme of relieving the barrel shoulder in front of the lug...(asking for a friend)

Supposing you don't care about the barrel or recoil lug, is there any reason you can't just take an angle grind and cutting disc, and cut the barrel off just ahead of and flush with the recoil lug? The only concern I can think of would be introducing heat into the receiver, but that can be managed. You can then clamp the barrel tennon stub in a vise and unscrew it from the action.

 

[Edd]

Following on the theme of relieving the barrel shoulder in front of the lug...(asking for a friend)

Supposing you don't care about the barrel or recoil lug, is there any reason you can't just take an angle grind and cutting disc, and cut the barrel off just ahead of and flush with the recoil lug? The only concern I can think of would be introducing heat into the receiver, but that can be managed. You can then clamp the barrel tennon stub in a vise and unscrew it from the action.

Based on my experience, and I don't have much, I would want a stub longer than the thickness of a recoil lug to hold on to.

 

[atblis]

I did it. The Remington thread locker put up more of a fight that I would have expected, but it did work. My barrel vise setup kept slipping, so I went this route.

 

[hoz53]

Yes its all i use. Only outside wrench i have is a tikka. Made mine many years ago because i blued it. Bout to need a new nut tigged on it. View attachment 1186494

what’s that wire hooked to your wrench for I don’t want to cut the old barrel if I can help it for some reason. I have noticed that a clamp on the received ring type wrench will tighten down on the barrel and make it harder to move. I make sure and use the torque specs that comes with the wrench to avoid this as much as possible. Sometimes I spin a barrel in the vise and scratch it a little but I never have an action in the clamp on type wrench.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

what’s that wire hooked to your wrench for

Its got a heater built in

 

[hoz53]

Its got a heater built in

You are quick on the draw pardner

 

[shortgrass]

No 1 action wrench is gonna' do every rifle. I've got at least a 1/2 dozen to work with the varying actions that have come thru my shop over the past 29yrs. I have only 1 barrel vise, though,,,, and a box full of bushings!

 

[Stan Taylor]

No 1 action wrench is gonna' do every rifle. I've got at least a 1/2 dozen to work with the varying actions that have come thru my shop over the past 29yrs. I have only 1 barrel vise, though,,,, and a box full of bushings!

Something similar to this one I hope on the left.

 

[shortgrass]

Something similar to this one I hope on the left.

Yep! Only mine has 4 bolts. And it's bolted down to my smallish welding table with 2 5/8" dia. bolts. The top on my welding table is of 1/2" plate with legs of 3" schedule 160 pipe.

 

[L W P]

LWP where are you located. Maybe someone close to you has the right tool and would do you a solid.

Around Long Beach Ca.