I have a customer that has a Rem. 700 SA that he wants me to rebarrel. I have the aluminum 700 collar for my barrel vice. This is the first time I have had a problem removing a 700 barrel. I have used heat, cheater bars and I'm soaking it with Kroil at the moment. I don't want to ruin the barrel if I don't have to. Any Ideas?..........Help......Tom

Is it spinning in the bushing? If so, sprinkle some sugar on the bushings.

I will try the sugar and let you know how it works....Thanks......Tom

Well the sugar trick didn't work. It looks like I will have to cut it off and bore it out. I have heated it up to around 600 deg.F and no go. Before I cut it off I'm going to mill a couple of flats on it and maybe that will allow me to hold it. I'm starting to really dislike this project......Tom

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Originally posted by Tapper2:
Well the sugar trick didn't work. It looks like I will have to cut it off and bore it out. I have heated it up to around 600 deg.F and no go. Before I cut it off I'm going to mill a couple of flats on it and maybe that will allow me to hold it. I'm starting to really dislike this project......Tom

Sounds like you need to take it to a gunsmith before irreversible damage occurs. Heating things to 600 degrees isn't generally necessary.

If you have a lathe make a thin parting cut in front of the recoil lug. This will take tension off the shoulder and barrel should come out easily. I had a Model 70 doing the same thing not long ago, after making this cut I screwed it off by hand. If you want to save the barrel you will only have to set it back one turn.
Pine rosin is better than sugar if you want to try that first. You can also try a piece of emory paper in the bushings. Also lead blocks work better than aluminum bushings.

If you're using a clamp on acton wrench, make sure you don't have it screwed down too tight. A 700 wrench can pinch the receiver onto the barrel tight enough it's hard to get off. Then, as mentioned before, use rosin on the barrel vise. Can do the same on the action wrench to keep it from slipping without clamping so tight.

dave

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Originally posted by srose:

Pine rosin is better than sugar if you want to try that first.

In 1980, having tried everything imaginable, pine rosin included, to hold a particularly tight and stubborn barrel still, a friend suggested powdered sugar and I have never had a barrel slip since. Never. And it washes off with hot tap water.

Put it in the the lathe and turn real slow and make a cut with the hack saw just in front of the receiver ring. Or if you have a thin parting blade. Then try again and im sure it will come of.

Lots of good ideas given allready! Another one is to use two barrel vises if the barrel slips in the vise. If it´s posible, two vises after eatch other on the barrel useally grips the barrel good enough.

If you can recut the chamber and the end of the barrel a small cut in front of the recoil lug makes the barrel and reciver part easy.

Good luck!

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Originally posted by Westpac:
Sounds like you need to take it to a gunsmith before irreversible damage occurs. Heating things to 600 degrees isn't generally necessary.

True, and I didn't want to go over 600 as I would start to get close to the tempering temp. Unfortunetly I'm the one they bring these problems too.
This is the first one I have had this problem with. I have removed a hundred or more over the years without this much trouble, Mauser's, Mod. 70's, 700's, Howa's, Mark X's and a few others. I forgot about taking a thin cut in front of the receiver. Must be old age. Thanks guys for the help.......Tom

As the monkey said as he backed into the lawn mower "Their off!" or in this case "It's off!".

I still can't believe I didn't remember to make a small cut in front of the recoil lug. I think I'm starting to suffer from CRS (can't remember shit).....Thanks again guys....Tom

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In 1980, having tried everything imaginable, pine rosin included, to hold a particularly tight and stubborn barrel still, a friend suggested powdered sugar and I have never had a barrel slip since. Never. And it washes off with hot tap water.

Fortunately I have German Shorthair Pointers on hand. Sugar doe not stand a chance around them.

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a friend suggested powdered sugar and I have never had a barrel slip since. Never. And it washes off with hot tap water.

works every time for me too

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If you have a lathe make a thin parting cut in front of the recoil lug. This will take tension off the shoulder and barrel should come out easily. I had a Model 70 doing the same thing not long ago, after making this cut I screwed it off by hand. If you want to save the barrel you will only have to set it back one turn.
Pine rosin is better than sugar if you want to try that first. You can also try a piece of emory paper in the bushings. Also lead blocks work better than aluminum bushings.
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