SLEEVE HAS BEEN REMOVED

[ELR LVR]

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.
Scott

Try a Carbon Arc set at 500 Amps

 

[DaveTooley]

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

More than once.
BTW a 20 ton press makes a great barrel vise.

 

[ELR LVR]

More than once.
BTW a 20 ton press makes a great barrel vise.

Darn right it does, I keep tryin a tell people for them stubborn barrels
Oak blocks and your shop press does wonders

 

[Ggmac]

I’ve sleeved a few barrels 20 plus yrs ago just testing theories. My go to material , after trying many , was lead . Heavy as hell but it worked better than the epoxies I tried .
Use a lathe and be careful when you get close . Don’t be surprised if the barrel is heavily ground for adhesion.

 

[oneshot 66]

I removed it without heat, it was only glued around the chamber and muzzle.

 

[BuffaloBill]

What did you find underneath?

 

[oneshot 66]

What did you find underneath?

New photos on original post.

 

[tobnpr]

Now to remove the old glue?

Two choices.
Mechanically, or heat. No idea what the epoxy is, but I've never come across one that wasn't resistant to solvents once cured.

Me, I'd use heat- judiciously (propane). Outdoors as the smoke and fumes are noxious, and see how it reacts to it. Most will soften and crumble where you can just scrape it away. Or, sanding drum on a dremel for most of it, then heat for the last bit so as not to be sanding on the barrel itself.

One of those things where you just gotta get into it, and see what works.

 

[LVLAaron]

Did it just have glue on both ends?

 

[oneshot 66]

Did it just have glue on both ends?

Yes

 

[jelenko]

I was surprised to see it's a Sako built in England. I've always assumed Sako's were built in Finland.

 

[oneshot 66]

I was surprised to see it's a Sako built in England. I've always assumed Sako's were built in Finland.

Says FINLAND.

 

[WesG260]

Thermal transfer ... yeah, Epoxy sucks... but when it's only 5 thou' thick ... it just doesn't matter.

 

[jelenko]

Says FINLAND.

It does, doesn't it . Misread as England.

 

[oneshot 66]

It does, doesn't it . Misread as England.

Easy to mistake it, does look like ENGLAND.

 

[59FLH]

I removed it without heat, it was only glued around the chamber and muzzle.

Now what?

 

[oneshot 66]

Remove the glue, shoot it and see if it's worth saving. It would be great to have the original barrel.