Rifle Barrel Install Tools, Hacks, and Tips!
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I’ve installed a number of barrels on actions over the years. Today I’m highlighting some of the tools, processes, and tips and tricks.
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After working in aviation for almost a decade, I recommend applying your choice of thread lube onto the male and female threads. You don't have to use more, just half on one then the other
I'm a retired plumber of 35 years and you NEVER put lube on the female threads...Read the directions
Thanks for the info you provide Gavin! Because of content like this I got a short action customs bravo and modular action wrench to swap barrels and am loving it
Really been enjoying following your videos, I’ve had the SAC Barrel for a while, slick & quick when you can use it, beats big & ugly. Using the scope mounting set up on the same mounting plate is slick to. They’re pretty sharp at SAC. Thanks again Gavin for all your great content.
Good stuff ... a little surprised you didn't cover the use of a Go/NoGo gauge.
Looks like the first barrel and action you assembled was a Zeus action with the quick change barrel set screw. This action used the shoulder on the barrel to set the headspace and no torque is reqiured. You just twist the barrel and tighten the set screw on both sides.
Great video and information. Also, SAC is really providing a lot of Top Shelf tolls and equipment to make GS, reloading & shooting faster and better. Everything of their’s that I have tried has exceeded my expectations.
Thank you for the helpful information brother
I would like to see a lot more of these type of videos here. The reloading stuff is pretty good too. 👍
I just started building my own rifles. I have the Short Action Customs Bravo vice and module action wrench set to start. Just waiting on my actions and pre-fit barrels to come in.
Thank you Gavin, this is the content I'm looking for. Also... Can confirm: Using your torque wrench as a breaker bar will "F" it up... Failed to instruct one of my boys on that... I now have a long, heavy, expensive paperweight. Use a breaker bar.
Right on Gavin! Pretty cool stuff.
SAC Barrel vise is my go too now... for stuborn actions E.G. Rem 700's, I use a small bottle jack shop press, appropriate aluminum bushings and rosin. Paired with a relief cut groove near the shoulder from the lathe, Itll get the most stuborn actions off
Nice!
I like a dentist that makes a dental visit not feel like I’m getting a tooth pulled. Nice work Gavin! I truely enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Cool stuff man ! Thanks!
Great information. How about an additional segment on installing barrels with barrel nuts?
I have the bronell things you were using, serves me well
Ah that lathe trick is clever. Never thought of that.
Even if I will might never install a barrel, I really enjoyed this video. Maybe because it is something that I might do. Most of the other things that you do are good to know, but I know that I would never do them. They are out of my price range or I don't have that kind of space to build something like you have.
What are thoughts on grabbing down the barrel for switch-barrel changes (without removing the optic)?
I was expecting a video hearing about sdi teaching how to install a barrel...
Myself, being a product of the early -60’s, I find these types of videos especially interesting, as they are about how to actually do things, something that was in the periodicals of old, but, are now generally absent, as most are simply advertising.
Oder placed! I'll be putting a 7-35 Mk5 on mine and redoing the sponge camo to something a little more natural
Gavin: I build inexpensive but accurate rifles in South Texas. I have been using Yugo / Mauser actions for price/performance value, installing custom barrels on them, Timmy triggers and stock of customers choice. These run from 22-250 to 308 and 30.06 with good results. I have been using the HF hydraulic press barrel vise and rosin technique to get em off and the lathe to put em back on. I am curious though. When is the best TIR repeatability you can get out of your six jaw? I can't seem to get better than a couple of thou. BTW: I heard you came from the IT world. I did too. Was a tech writer in a Fortune 500 computer company in Engineering and later R&D.....way back in the 80s! Loved the video and subscribed
Great Video, Thanks
Hey Gavin what do you think about conventional installed barrel vs Prefit Barrel? Which is better😀?
Great video. You’d Gould make a video about removing the action of a Tikka with factory barrel 😅
Tried the SAC modular on my Tikka T3x… snapped the lugs of the wrench head. Sent to Gunsmith… They snapped an action wrench too. Had to send the gun to Beretta to get the barrel off…
Any tips for carbon fiber barrels?
Great video
Swapping a barrel out that has a nut is incredibly easy. Shouldered barrels (pre fits) are convenient but it takes me about 15 mins to swap between my 6.5CM and my 7 Sherman barrels.
Thanks for the video, are you able to send me a link to where I can buy the Vice and Wrench please.
It would be great if you could demonstrate your technique for removing factory Tikka T3x barrels.
Can you talk a bit about the base plate for your SAC Barrel Vise? Thanks.
Hi Gavin i learn more From your nice videos i have question it’s passable to modify barrel of machine gun MG42 cal7.62x51 install in rem700 or savage action Please make one project will be nice we need see the accuracy for that heavy barrel Thanks
I noticed you didn't mention recever taps for changing threads. Do you have a video on that?
I want to see the tips and tricks for the AR platform
tools & tech tips................................... thanks !!
Great that your promoting short action customs BUT..... .they have been out of stock for a while on alot of their kits. Can you find out when there going to be back in stock ?
I did not see a reciever tool for the Savage large shank. Do they have one of those?
Great video Gavin. I know I am asking for something specialized, but have you ever encountered a barrel instal on a Walther KK500 .22 match rifle. I know that special machining is required for the extractor slots and on the tang. The barrels are glued into the action with an unknown adhesive. I see allot if these rifles at the matches I shoot and I believe there is a need for a proper way to rebarrel this very popular match smallbore action. Thanks again.
Yes, with a 22 you can press fit the barrel tenon into the action and hold with cylinder sleeve adhesive. This stuff is LIKE but not exactly the same as loctite and is actually intended for use in resleeving large engines. For cutting the extractor relief cuts use a woodruff key seat cutter of the appropriate size. This can most easily be done on a mill, but can be done on a lathe with a tool post grinder with an end mill mounted in it. Hope this helps....good luck.
When a locking compound (red Locktite for example) is used on a factory action, is fire an option? The procedure would be to apply enough heat to melt the compound but not enough to warp or discolor the barrel or action. I know mechanics run into this all the time and the expectation is that the torch will be used. Also, when a barrel is simply too tight, heating the barrel, from the outside obviously, will expand it a little and may loosen it enough to be removed.
what model number on the action wrench do you use for the marlin xl7
Need some help ladies and gents. I have a very old Rem 700 .243. The factory barrel has had do serious use over almost 2 decades. I need to find replacement heavy barrel options I can hopefully just order and leave with a gunsmith to install. Any information on what and where to buy would be awesome!
Nice video
Does SAC have a model for Browning x-bolt action?
Question are factory barrelled actions like howa Remington etc super over torqued? Reason I ask is I did a howa 1500 semi custom project rebuilding it from more hunting style rifle to something or suited for prs. When I tried to remove the factory barrel I had one heck of a time getting off before taking to a local gunsmith. When I got the action back he asked if I wanted the barrel back because he said he may need to part a section off. He further when on that when the action finally came off it sounded like a round went off! Just asking if that’s just a one off phenomenon or big box factory actions are just like that to keep in mind…side note love your content and thank you for inspiring me to study and learn gunsmithing
Yugo Mausers do that too
Your first one...old school
If I understood the point of you installing the barrel using the Lathes Chuck Jaws. That technique creates extremely uniform rigidity of the fixture, correct? I would assume because of the rigidity of the Chuck Jaws during the Torque operation which ultimately creates a better crush as the barrel seats? How does the Grease effect Torque Values 10%, 20% or more?😊
Gavin, how did you learn machining? I know you come from the IT.
It is true to not use a torque wrench to loosen anything. It is designed only for tightening and can be ruined by untightening bolts and whatever else it is used to tighten. Also, for the best accuracy, you should never have your hand on the head of the torque wrench when you tighten something. It gives inaccurate torque otherwise. Nice vids though. I always learn something when I watch them.
I was thinking the same with that hand on the torque wrench. And yes I have ruined a good torque wrench from using it on stubborn equipment where a breaker bar should be used. Cheers
We learn when we read instructions
Could you adress alignment of the recoil lug please. Otherwise thouroughly enjoyed your video.
It's funny I've never seen a left hand or right hand torque wrench on the Snap On truck.
Hello Gavin. Have you ever removed the factory barrel from a Tikka T1X? I’ve heard some horror stories of broken bits, glued barrels and even some actions with ovoid shapes. What is curious is that there are several brands of aftermarket barrels for the rifle that are supposed to be a direct fit…
T3X has the same problem
Gavin the six jaw is it a school chuck
My Wilton vice has jaws for holding round stock with some gnarly teeth for holding the barrel and for the receiver I got the biggest pipe wrench that Harbor Freight sells. It works awesome, never slips and the marks it leaves is like a signature, better than laser engraving. Don't try to copy my technique, it's patented and I can spot a fake a mile away, literally.
Gun plumbers everywhere agree!
I can't wait to see the results of the rock chuck Olympics! My vote goes to either the impact guy from South Africa, Erik Cortina, or Who Tee Who?
Do you just happen to use the Zeus QC action for this demonstration or do you really torque down to 90ft-lb with that action?
Correct, just use for a demonstration and that’s actually how I chambered and installed the barrel originally.
What happened to the orange vise/419 kit that you were raving about?
We filmed with it 3 times last week- look for it in upcoming videos.
@@Ultimatereloader so price aside, would you recommend it over the other vises you featured in your video?
Gavin … Relax moving a little fast on this video. I will be ordering one of your custom rifles👍
Remington factory barrels torqued to 2500 fr lbs.
OK, that is funny! (and true in some cases)
That Brownells vice is unavailable. Would love to buy it from him.
Check out the vise from PMA....
@@rontoulme9055 I have barrel vice very similar to the PMA. I would prefer one that used the metal bushings the Brownell's design uses.
Scroll chuck
How do you torque a reverse threaded bolt!? A reverse threaded torque wrench!? That concept is a myth torque wrenches go both ways or you wouldn’t have a lever to change direction on the torque wrench
Pretty stupid action wrench that doesn't include Mauser 98
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