THE ACCURATERELOADING.COM GUNSMITHING FORUM


Moderators: jeffeosso
Go
New
Find
Notify
Tools
Reply
  
Remington barrels on a Winchester M-70 action?
 Login/Join
 
One of Us
posted
I know this is going to sound stupid to all of you but is it possible to re-cut the end of a Remington M700 barrel to fit a Winchester M-70 CRF action? I have never measured the end of a Rem. barrel that was off.


"The right to bear arms" insures your right to freedom, free speech, religion, your choice of doctors, etc. ....etc. ....etc....
-----------------------------------one trillion seconds = 31,709 years-------------------
 
Posts: 1521 | Location: Just about anywhere in Texas | Registered: 26 January 2008Reply With Quote
one of us
Picture of Fjold
posted Hide Post
The Remington 700 barrels stub is 1 1/16th threaded 16 tpi and the Winchester (classic) stub is 1".

Is half of 1/16" enough to clean out the old threads?


Frank



"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
- Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953

NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite

 
Posts: 12754 | Location: Kentucky, USA | Registered: 30 December 2002Reply With Quote
One of Us
posted Hide Post
It is easy to turn down the major diameter of a thread and pick up the old thread.
 
Posts: 13978 | Location: http://www.tarawaontheweb.org/tarawa2.jpg | Registered: 03 December 2008Reply With Quote
One of Us
posted Hide Post
Rem 700 barrels are popular choices for refitting to small ring mausers .965-.985 major thread diameter. There is .077"-.097" to play with. As for a Win 70 you would be down to around .060" as far as threads; the bigger issue will be as the barrel is shortened and starts tapering, there won't be enough of a shoulder to lock up the receiver.


PA Bear Hunter, NRA Benefactor
 
Posts: 1626 | Location: Potter County, Pennsylvania | Registered: 22 June 2005Reply With Quote
one of us
posted Hide Post
It is entirely possible to rethread the 700 barrel to fit a Model 70. However, if you wish to use the original chamber without reaming, it will be necessary to make a spacer to sandwich between the barrel and receiver since the Remington tenon is longer than required for a Model 70. If the Model 70 is a pre-64 or Classic with coned breech, the chamber has to be deepened anyway to allow machining of the cone and extractor cut. When all is said and done, it's a decent training project! Regards, Bill.
 
Posts: 3839 | Location: Elko, B.C. Canada | Registered: 19 June 2000Reply With Quote
  Powered by Social Strata  
 


Copyright December 1997-2023 Accuratereloading.com


Visit our on-line store for AR Memorabilia