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<blockquote data-quote="xsn10s" data-source="post: 3074349" data-attributes="member: 95344"><p>Yup I agree. When I took off my factory Remington barrel I presoaked it with penetrating oil for a couple of weeks. The barrel still spun in my Wheeler barrel vice. I suggest an all metal barrel vice like the Brownell's or at least an aluminum one like the Viper. I used a Wheeler action vice is it's fairly cheap. In the end the barrel spun so I added a pipe wrench as well as the barrel vice since the barrel was shot out. The barrel was glued into the action from the factory which explained why it was hard to remove. The penetrating oil got about 3/4 of the way down the threads. So the OP has to decide if he has the patience and mechanical abilities to do this. You can get great accuracy from a lot of the prefit barrels. You can also okay accuracy. IMO a really good gunsmith increases the chance of making an accurate rifle. But on the other hand I've had three factory rifles that could consistent shoot sub 1/2 moa with my handloads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xsn10s, post: 3074349, member: 95344"] Yup I agree. When I took off my factory Remington barrel I presoaked it with penetrating oil for a couple of weeks. The barrel still spun in my Wheeler barrel vice. I suggest an all metal barrel vice like the Brownell's or at least an aluminum one like the Viper. I used a Wheeler action vice is it's fairly cheap. In the end the barrel spun so I added a pipe wrench as well as the barrel vice since the barrel was shot out. The barrel was glued into the action from the factory which explained why it was hard to remove. The penetrating oil got about 3/4 of the way down the threads. So the OP has to decide if he has the patience and mechanical abilities to do this. You can get great accuracy from a lot of the prefit barrels. You can also okay accuracy. IMO a really good gunsmith increases the chance of making an accurate rifle. But on the other hand I've had three factory rifles that could consistent shoot sub 1/2 moa with my handloads. [/QUOTE]
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