Remage barrel keeps shooting loose

[Ggmac]

Do you have a brake on it ?

 

[idahoorion]

Vicodan, it strikes me that since that other action has a remage that is happy now.....you can isolate the issue by trying the nut/lug/action from that set up with the problem barrel. if you get no joy then you are down to the barrel being the cause. If you get reams of joy....then you further test the nut and or lug to get to the root of the all the evil.

good luck sounds frustrating.

Idahoorion

 

[akajun]

Take your calipers and measure the OD of the thread on that barrel, then measure the Od of thev threads of a known good barrel. Post those numbers
Next take your barrel nut and put it on each barrel, wobble it and feel the difference , last thread each barrel into the receiver , again wobble
I m betting out of spec threads allowing the barrel to jump threads under recoil

 

[Rich S]

I would do as Larry recommended and check to make sure you have even contact from the lug to receiver and the nut to the lug. A cheap tube of bluing would make this an easy check. If there is not adequate clearance in the threads the nut may not square up properly. If the lug does not have enough radial clearance it could also keep the assembly from squaring up if the receiver(s) face is not square with the threads. My thinking is a factory Remington or Savage will not be square ( reciever, lug, barrel nut, etc...) and there has to be enough clearance in the threaded assemblies to allow them to shoulder.

 

[Concha]

Too much Vicodin. Pictures of the tightening process and the components.

 

[NealC]

Is your torque wrench out of calibration?

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I wonder if hes still having issues?

Is your torque wrench out of calibration?

If his torque wrench was really bad off and read 10% low 90lbs/ft would still be more than enough

 

[Stumpy1]

One would hope that after 3+ years, he got it figured out.

Holy Thread Resurrection!

 

[tobnpr]

And "Vicodan" hasn't been back here for 2-1/2 years....

Guess we'll never know what the problem was.
How will I ever be able to sleep at night now?

 

[KMart]

Here are 2 posts he made later that may give some insight.

Think I made a big mistake getting the wylde

Since you do not know the chamber length, did you screw the barrel into the action righty tighty or lefty loosie? Too many variables to tell how my shotgun would do at 300yds :>)

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SOLD - FREE 28" McGowan Remage .284 Win, 1.0625 straight, threaded muzzle

All you need to pay is shipping. Here's the catch - the barrel has been installed on 2 actions, a Lone Peak Razor and a Rem700. Both times, the barrel has shot loose after 8 (Razor) and 44(700) shots. I believe the threads are cut too loose, but the uncaring fellas at McGowan Precision Barrels...

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[clowdis]

Made this mistake once myself. I was using the Brownells nut wrench that looks like an action wrench (the clamping kind). You can tighten up the wrench on the nut to the point that you can't turn the nut! You think you have the nut tight against the action but in fact you haven't even moved it. Now I just snug it up hand tight and go ahead and torque the nut to the action.

 

[carlsbad]

Usually a bolted joint that comes loose under cyclic stress has poor thread fit. --Jerry

 

[yotehater]

I use the green bearing and sleeve threadlocker with the loose fit of the barrel nut system. Doesn't require much heat to remove and helps fill the sloppy thread clearances. Loctite states that it works best between “engaged threads”. Never had one come loose.

 

[HillbillyLongRifle]

I throw barrel nuts in the trash. I hate them!