Tikka barrel Removal - not smooth as could be, now what?

[quigley257]

Action threads all cleaned by gunsmith and ready to go.

Got pics? I know galled barrels can destroy a receiver. It'd be fun to see how well it cleaned up.

 

[quigley257]

Hindsight is 20/20 but everyone in our shop knows to stop when they feel a barrel or muzzle brake start to gall. We make our barrels, brakes and receivers out of stainless which is prone to galling if anti-seize isn't used. From time to time, we will get a barrel or brake that starts to seize. There is almost no chance of getting it off and saving it so our procedure is to cut the barrel off just forward of the lug, then machine it out of the receiver from the inside out until the only thing left are the threads of the barrel tenon in the receiver. These can then be picked out and the receiver saved and cleaned up.

 

[DirectDrive]

Action threads all cleaned by gunsmith and ready to go.

Nice.
It didn't look that bad to me.
In fact it looked gummed up by Permatex Silver anti-seize.

 

[tobnpr]

Action threads all cleaned by gunsmith and ready to go.

So inquiring minds want to know- did he set it up and single-point on a lathe- or chase with a tap?

 

[orchemo]

Single point on lathe. Turned out great. Threaded a tikka barrel all the way with my hand.

Now find a 20 inch 7mm PRC barrel

 

[Bob Wright]

Single point on lathe. Turned out great. Threaded a tikka barrel all the way with my hand.

Now find a 20 inch 7mm PRC barrel

Glad to hear it worked out for you.