Tikka spins in barrel vise

[43.6N]

Attempt #50...torqued barrel vise until I physically could not go tighter using a cheater bar on taped barrel. Action wrench snug but not tightened with a lot of torque and 4 lb dead low hammer. 1 whack and the whole thing shot out of the vise with a bang. Barrel and action still together. I marred the cerakote on the action. Next tomorrow will be fine grain sandpaper because I don't think the barrel has a resale value being a 243 with 1:10 twist

I like to use pine shims to take up the space of the barrel taper.

 

[HuntHarder]

I'm still hoping someone can put a torque figure on this...

Gotta be close to a metric shit ton inch lbs.

 

[5MilesBack]

I'm thinking I'm going to have to get me some grade 8 bolts to replace the stock ones on the Viper before I even try to tighten mine down. I have a tendency of snapping bolts in just normal tightening of stuff.

 

[MThuntr]

Gotta be close to a metric shit ton inch lbs.

I don't know if my torque wrench will measure that high but I do have a 1/2" electric impact that might send a few ugga duggas soon

 

[Choupique]

Why not just put the action in a vise and use a 4 foot pipe wrench on the barrel?

 

[43.6N]

Gotta be close to a metric shit ton inch lbs.

Inch pounds? Nah bro, yard-pounds

 

[MThuntr]

Why not just put the action in a vise and use a 4 foot pipe wrench on the barrel?

That is becoming a potential option

 

[Billy Goat]

I put my barrel vise in 20 ton hydraulic press.

I also overtightened my action wrench initially causing more issue. So don't do that.

Broke free pretty easy with dead blow. The galling that followed sucked.

 

[ColPenguin]

Put a little rosin on the barrel to give the drywall tape some more grip.

Brown sugar gets messy to cleanup after it is compressed.

 

[Choupique]

Do it. Ive pipe wrenched barrels and kept on using them before. A bit unsightly, but yall like that kinda stuff around here anyway.

If that doesnt work, a 6 foot cheater pipe on the end of a 4 foot (steel) pipe wrench will flip the whole world over with a fat dude jumping on the end of it. Ive seen a guy split a 3" heavy wall pipe 90 like that.

 

[mtnbound]

I have a Tikka in 243 that is going to become a 22 Creedmoor. Currently this barrel and action are cerakoted making them slick as heck. I'm having a hell of a time getting my Viper barrel vise to hold onto the barrel without it spinning. I took a utility knife around the barrel/action junction to make sure cerakote isn't holding. I've tried some heat, free-all, and percussive persuasion and nothing with break it free. At first I used a leather pad for grip then added some resin. I tried torquing the hell out of barrel vise with and without gripping material.

Any ideas? Way more heat?

Edit: a friend suggested cutting the top of the barrel vise down the middle to increase its ability to move to the contour.

Yes, cutting the vise is a good thing. I have not had any luck with drywall tape, but a thin piece of leather from a glove has worked for me. I tighten the crap out of the vise and let it sit for a few minutes, and see if I can get it any tighter.

I make sure the vise plates on the muzzle side are not touching. If the vise plates are touching, I slide everything closer to the action.

I have a 4lb deadblow hammer, and I grab it with both hands and think "Hulk smash" as I hit the action wrench. handle.