Old sleeved Remingtons

[280man]

I’ve got a a couple of old sleeved LA Remingtons that I’m thinking about trying to get apart. Has anyone done this? Were they typically glued in? Maybe some heat?

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[Twdmar]

Epoxy will let go with heat. Can you hang the barrel vertically, muzzle up? Heat the epoxy until a weight attached to the sleeve pulls it off with gravity.

 

[Fast14riot]

An even couple hundred degrees F of heat will convince them to part ways.

 

[DaveTooley]

Take the barrel off and bake in the oven at 300. It will stink up the house but oh well. It will probably need some help getting the sleeve off the action so have a plan for supporting the rear of the sleeve and driving/pushing the barreled action out the back.

 

[kendog]

You might get more than you wish for. SOME installers really roughed up and even lightly very coarse threaded the receiver before installing the sleeve. Mighty hugely bigly ugly with sleeve removed. Learned this the hard way on an old Hart sleeve...

 

[DaveTooley]

I almost always had to turn off the bow in the middle of the actions.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Oh...don't count on a pristine action comong out of a sleeve, at all and for various reasons.

 

[Will Henry]

I have a Shilen sleeved XP100 which was built in 1973. It is kind of a nostalgia piece for me. It was my Dad's rifle and was built by the man who gave me the foundation upon which I built my gunsmithing career. Anyway, it's my plan to remove and re-install the sleeve, and restore the old rifle. I think Art (the original 'smith) usually turned actions he sleeved, so I'll see what comes out. I'll try a heat gun to start with. WH

 

[SVT_Tactical]

Love to see someone do this and photograph the process and outcome .

 

[DaveTooley]

I use a 20 ton automotive press and a shortened barrel. Heat it up and press it out. Careful use of an acetylene torch makes it quick work.

 

[WayneShaw]

I've been racking my brain to remember the fellows in TX I believe that were big on sleeved Remingtons. I contacted them once probably close to 20 years ago about removing a sleeve, cause I had one that had slipped and the bolt handle was against the stock. They said to use an old barrel, heat the sleeve and pound the barrel on a piece of wood to work it off. It was tough to get it started but it finally came off.