Making hole bigger on recoil lug

[AWLEAPHART]

Title says it. How many uses a boring bar or a reamer. A Leaphart

 

[jrm850]

Manual mill, indexable boring head here.

 

[Doug Beach]

Made a fixture for the lathe, use a boring bar.

 

[AWLEAPHART]

 

[NorCalMikie]

Don't own a mill or a lathe. Buy new lug that fits your application.

 

[GenePoole]

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I guess im lucky- probably well over 1000 remingtons and i have never needed a bigger hole in a lug. Not sure whats going on but i can tell its not right

 

[AWLEAPHART]

Gene,
Looks good. What action is that lug for and what type of boring bars are you using.
A Leaphart

 

[AWLEAPHART]

Dusty
If you square up threads on a Remington action I was thinking the lug need to be opened up a little.
A Leaphart

 

[AWLEAPHART]

You guys using taper lugs or parallel side lugs?

 

[carlsbad]

Not worth the trouble. Buy a lug with the right sized hole in it.--Jerry

 

[Stan Taylor]

I have read a lot about going back into a Remington an oversized the threads are they not useable the way they come I don't think I have ever read about redoing the threads on a Winchester, Ruger, savage , mausers or any other commercial actions I guess they must be better quality threads just asking.

 

[Ggmac]

If your not set up to do it , either on lathe or mill , sell it and buy another .
Unless of course you plan on opening a few , the set up for accurate lathe work is like the one pictured by gene Poole . Not a easy or quick tool to make .

 

[AWLEAPHART]

Yea, I Understand.
I have 3 lathes and 2 milling machine in the shop. A Leaphart

 

[carlsbad]

I have read a lot about going back into a Remington an oversized the threads are they not useable the way they come I don't think I have ever read about redoing the threads on a Winchester, Ruger, savage , mausers or any other commercial actions I guess they must be better quality threads just asking.

Well understated. I find 99/100 remington's don't need the threads reworked.

 

[AWLEAPHART]

Got yea. I guess the main reason for rethreading would be our of round.

 

[Stan Taylor]

Well understated. I find 99/100 remington's don't need the threads reworked.

A good point.

 

[carlsbad]

Main reason for rethreading would be out of alignment. The threads hold the barrel against the face of the action. Unless they are at a skew angle, or badly off center, they don't need to be changed. 9/10 machinists make threads too tight. Barrel threads should be relatively loose so the barrel can settle against the action.

I do run a 1 1/16-16 tap into them to clean out any burrs.

 

[kendog]

.... just asking.

Just asking for a friend??

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Dusty
If you square up threads on a Remington action I was thinking the lug need to be opened up a little.
A Leaphart

If you go far enough the loose lug wont fit you went too far. Like carlsbad said you dont have to get crazy with them- just get em straight and use looser threads. Also knock the tops of your thread crest down and thatll help. I used a factory lug on a hunting rifle today. I turned a shelf about half as long as the lug is thick for it to set on snugly. I trued the threads good enough (it had the hourglass shape like all RR remingtons do once trued- cut some in the back then cut some in the front 180deg over) and the factory lug goes over the threads and barely touches. No need to open one up unless you went too far cutting tenon threads. If so get an aftermarket lug- should do that anyway