Greetings,
Upon seeing action wrenches and barrel vise I suspect one can improvise such tool with common bench vise(and PROPER BUSHINGs), has anyone had something as unorthodox as this done?

Good luck to you. I bought a wrench from Midway for my VZ24 in 9.3x62 project. Used my bench vise. Broke the vise. Then I read through the barrel removal part of Dunlap's Gunsmithing, he says you will break a normal vise. Should have read him first, I guess.

I now have a barrel vise also, from Midway, still have not been able to get the *&&%%$### thing off yet. Soaking it in penetrating oil now in preparation for another try.

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Originally posted by Pyrotek:
Greetings,
Upon seeing action wrenches and barrel vise I suspect one can improvise such tool with common bench vise(and PROPER BUSHINGs), has anyone had something as unorthodox as this done?

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You can make a vise out of two pieces of flat steel bar, use 5/8" bolts, that works.

If you or a friend has a hydraulic press just squeeze the bushings and barrel in that, I think that is the best home brew way of doing it.

Those barrel vises from Midway and Brownells work just fine. Mount them to a 1/8- 1/4 SS plate and then bolt them into your bench, facing out. Don't even try to use a bench vise to hold your barrel vise. The trick is to not allow any barrel movement. I use aluminum collars over the barrel with rosin dust. I tighten up on the vise bolts with a 3/4 socket wrench and cheater bar. I use a Labounty action wrench and a 4 ft long cheater bar. 9 time out of 10 this works first time. If the action is too tight, I soak it in Kroil overnight and heat it lightly with a torch. Never had a barrel that would not come off with this procedure.

Thanks robgunbuilder, kroil and rosin dust it is.

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Originally posted by Robgunbuilder:
Those barrel vises from Midway and Brownells work just fine. Mount them to a 1/8- 1/4 SS plate and then bolt them into your bench, facing out. Don't even try to use a bench vise to hold your barrel vise. The trick is to not allow any barrel movement. I use aluminum collars over the barrel with rosin dust. I tighten up on the vise bolts with a 3/4 socket wrench and cheater bar. I use a Labounty action wrench and a 4 ft long cheater bar. 9 time out of 10 this works first time. If the action is too tight, I soak it in Kroil overnight and heat it lightly with a torch. Never had a barrel that would not come off with this procedure.

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If the barrel is trash you can bore hardwood blocks a little over barrel diameter and glass bed the blocks and barrel together without release agent, this will hold them all.