TexasTB
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I had Clayton at WTO set me up with a switch barrel system for my bighorn origin action. He spun up a new barrel for me without me sending in the action. All 4 barrels shoot.
What is the benefit of the Barloc nut over say a nut with wrench flats? I have a savage that I will be using as a switch barrel and was planning to use the crown ridge nut that I currently have but interested to know if using this would be beneficial. Thanks for any insight.As an alternative I use the American Rifle Company Barloc on my rifles, I primarily use Savage prefit barrels and can easily change one at the kitchen table with nothing more than my torque limiter and a witness mark. Done it several times to switch my one rifle between two 6.5 PRC barrels, a smokeless muzzleloader and a .300 Win Mag.
The Barloc is not a nut. It's more like an expandable clamp that becomes wider when tightened with an Allen wrench.What is the benefit of the Barloc nut over say a nut with wrench flats? I have a savage that I will be using as a switch barrel and was planning to use the crown ridge nut that I currently have but interested to know if using this would be beneficial. Thanks for any insight.
The biggest advantage for me is not needing a barrel vice or having to removing the rifle from the stock to switch the barrel. I simply screw the barrel into the correct headspace, hand tighten the barrel nut down to the collar and then torque the screw in the collar to tension the system.What is the benefit of the Barloc nut over say a nut with wrench flats? I have a savage that I will be using as a switch barrel and was planning to use the crown ridge nut that I currently have but interested to know if using this would be beneficial. Thanks for any insight.
I can get Proof Savage Prefits for just under $700, the only way to get a shouldered CF Prefit for my ARC actions costs around $1100.All these clamping lug systems solve a problem that doesn't exist in my opinion. Any shouldered barreled rifle can be turned into a switch barrel by having another barrel gunsmithed OR by buying a prefit on those actions where tolerances and barrel timing are accommodated for prefit.
It makes zero sense to me.
.50 too .00I have one WTO barred action with the switchlug and a remage setup…..I like the idea of both styles but I have not personally changed a barrel on either sense they were built. If I had money for other barrels I'd change them from one caliber to another but for now I have no need. Sometime I'll actually put the switch barrels to use.
That's interesting to hear about the repeatability of the wto switchlug, I don't think I had ever heard anyone mention just how repeatable the wto setup is.