7MM Rolling Block Barrel Removal
I have your basic #5 action 7mm RB rifle that shoots pretty good with my reloads but one thing about it has always bothered me: The barrel wasn't turned in quite far enough and the front and rear...
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Here's a good exploded view:http://www.stevespages.co...ington-rollingblock.htmlThere's no pins unless someone has altered it, right hand threads.Basically, you use a hydraulic or bench top type...
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Thanks, dfariswheel. That exploded view showed me what I needed to see.I did some torqueing on the receiver while I had the barrel clamped in wooden blocks in my heavy duty bench vise. Couldn't get...
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I did little rifle barrel work, mostly revolvers.The other guy in the store did the rifle barrels, but of course, I picked up a lot just being around and revolver barrels are about the same thing writ...
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I ended up getting a bench top barrel vise from Midway, the kind that uses hardwood blocks. I degreased the barrel, sprinkled on the rosin, torqued down the vise bolts and tried to loosen the...
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Told you they put 'em on to stay. You want to grip the barrel as close to the receiver as you can get, as long as the jaws don't touch the receiver. Gripping close prevents a springy set up that...
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I made a set of aluminum blocks with a pin in one half to engage the blind hole in the barrel shank. Meanwhile I let the kroil soak in for several days. A point of wisdom is to dribble the kroil on...
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There I'm not much help.A top-dead-center finder? If the rear sight or it's base is there, and has a flat surface you could put that side on the flat table, and use a center finder to put an index...
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I tried a couple different ways to scribe an index mark. But what I ended up doing is taking about .001" off the barrel shoulder and screwing it back in until I thought it was about right. Then I took...
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If the front sight appears to be perfectly lined up at 12:00 o'clock top-dead-center........ it probably isn't. Such is the nature of gunsmithing. Everyone's eyes see different and what looks perfect...
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Funny but true!I clamped parallels to the sides of the receiver for reference and looked at the front sight with my left eye, right eye, interior light, outside daylight...and kept adjusting until I...
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Nice rifle save.Too many of these were butchered into sporters and hack job single shots.
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