SLEEVE HAS BEEN REMOVED

[oneshot 66]

Purchased this, found a steel barrel with a SS sleeve and 8 oz. Sako trigger without a safety. Looks like the sleeve is glued on, I'm looking for advise on how to remove the sleeve. I used a barrel vise and action wrench, no heat. This a 23" original Sako barrel. Now to remove the old glue?
Scott

 

[ebb]

Heat gun or oven to make glue release. Never seen anything like that before.

 

[LVLAaron]

Seems like more hassle than it's worth?

 

[jelenko]

What is the first picture of? It looks like a bunch of material has bee removed from the barrel.

 

[swd]

Sounds like a grenade if things went wrong.

 

[Walt Krafft]

New barrel time

 

[tac284]

What is the first picture of? It looks like a bunch of material has bee removed from the barrel.

My guess is your seeing the sleeve, then a layer of possibly JB Weld or similar and then the OEM barrel.

 

[DaveTooley]

If I had to absolutely remove the sleeve I'd set it up in a lathe and turn it off. Best to put a new barrel on it.

 

[oneshot 66]

If I had to absolutely remove the sleeve I'd set it up in a lathe and turn it off. Best to put a new barrel on it.

That's what I'm going to do. There is some checking after the throat, but the rest looks good.

 

[oneshot 66]

What is the first picture of? It looks like a bunch of material has bee removed from the barrel.

Someone removed a portion of the sleeve, don't have clue why.

 

[Retired shooter]

Someone removed a portion of the sleeve, don't have clue why.

To cool it down.

Sorry couldn't resist.

 

[Retired shooter]

Nice welding job. They knew how.

 

[VA_XTC_Shooter]

I am willing to bet, this is what you are dealing with.

 

[tobnpr]

The author of that article was/is incorrect- JB Weld is a very poor thermal conductor. It's unsuitable for the heat transfer needed in this application.

 

[hpshooter]

May find a barrel rouged up with an 80 grit flap wheel under the epoxy similar to what is often found on an action that was sleeved "back in the day"

 

[luckyshot52]

I had a very light 22 barrel and wanted to see what the sleeping would do in terms of accuracy. 5 shot groups shrunk from 1/2” to just under 1/4”. I don’t know that heat transfer rates are a big deal, unless you are running toooo many rounds too quickly.

 

[Will Henry]

I knew one guy who sleeved a military Mauser 7x57 for a silhouette rifle. He used a 12 gauge shotgun barrel for a sleeve. Seemed kind of half-assed but worked OK. I have sleeved a barrel with a drilled out original barrel. This to replicate the external appearance. If I had used the original barrel, including the threads, I would have been relining the barrel. Since I had turned and fitted a new barrel, I was sleeving it. A semantic difference, as much as anything. I drilled the sleeve for a pretty close fit and installed with high temp Loc-Tite. WH

 

[oneshot 66]

I'd like to see if the barrel under the sleeve is the original Sako. I will remove the barrel and "SPIN IT UP" (why do they say that?) remove the sleeve on the lathe. I'll keep posting.
Scott

 

[DaveTooley]

A 12" barrel block with an acetylene torch for heat takes a 20 ton press to get it to move. There is no pull.

 

[Jesswil61]

A 12" barrel block with an acetylene torch for heat takes a 20 ton press to get it to move. There is no pull.

Dave, that sounds like a been there done that statement!