What did I do wrong? Learn me something.

[Billy Goat]

Isn’t this the rifle you were going to let me use if I went to s2h? You son of a bitch, you were setting me up…

Yes, but it was a true 1.5 MOA gun. I never had great groups with it, but the loads I have for it never exceeded 1.5. It was kinda impressive. Sucked with 3 shot groups, 5 made you feel better, 10 shots and the group wouldn't open up.


I was gonna send it to you with a 1.5 moa guarantee, and it was a lot cheaper than other options out there..

Honestly figured on putting the barrel on for you first.
It might turn into a 1.25 gun.


The feeding issue, well ain't figured that part out yet.
Figured maybe that would get resolved there.

 

[Ucsdryder]

Yes, but it was a true 1.5 MOA gun. I never had great groups with it, but the loads I have for it never exceeded 1.5. It was kinda impressive. Sucked with 3 shot groups, 5 made you feel better, 10 shots and the group wouldn't open up.


I was gonna send it to you with a 1.5 moa guarantee, and it was a lot cheaper than other options out there..

Honestly figured on putting the barrel on for you first.
It might turn into a 1.25 gun.

I guess I shouldn’t complain. Rumor is that 1.5” guarantees cost 4500 nowadays.

 

[Beendare]

I’m looking at those threads and thinking they had to be cut poorly before assembly…or highly likely anyway.

I don’t know.. Can you gouge the threads that badly just taking the barrel off? Thats high quality steel. My wild ass guess is wrecking that many threads would be hard to do just taking it apart.

 

[Billy Goat]

I’m looking at those threads and thinking they had to be cut poorly before assembly…or highly likely anyway.

I don’t know.. Can you gouge the threads that badly just taking the barrel off? Thats high quality steel. My wild ass guess is wrecking that many threads would be hard to do just taking it apart.

Couple decades now since I took metallurgy classes, but something I noticed looking back on the pics was this.



That is pretty unusual.

I think a chip was floating around in the action threads. Somehow wasn't a big issue in assembly, or I hope it wasn't forced that hard. But showed its ass pulling the barrel off.

 

[TaperPin]

That’s a bummer. Stainless galling is the term to google for a textbook explanation. Dry stainless threads just like to stick to each other and tear off. Cutting a relief just in front of the receiver to take all pressure off the threads can help, but it could have started when the barrel was installed at the factory, so almost nothing you could do without a lathe would help. If a gunsmith feels the threads galling, the barrel can be cut off close to the receiver, the receiver is chucked in the lathe and the tenon bored out until what’s left of the barrel threads can be picked out.

Brownells has gunsmith grade taps if junk has to get cleared out of the receiver threads.

 

[Ucsdryder]

That’s

Couple decades now since I took metallurgy classes, but something I noticed looking back on the pics was this.

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That is pretty unusual.

I think a chip was floating around in the action threads. Somehow wasn't a big issue in assembly, or I hope it wasn't forced that hard. But showed its ass pulling the barrel off.

That’s some redneck gunsmithing right there.

 

[gbflyer]

The last Tikka I pulled just a week or so ago reminded me of a Savage. Bead blast material left over inside. I got it with no damage but it was a mf’er. Took heat and a BFH.

I relief cut a REM 700 in 7RM once and it still ended up in a 36 to come off. Factory gorilla was responsible for that one. Ended up oversizing the action threads to clean it up. I have a take off .270 barrel around here I had to relief cut then I set it back and re-chambered out of boredom. It’s a good shooter.


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[ozyclint]

I assume the action is stainless too?

Stainless on stainless thread are notorious for galling like that. Without anti-seize paste on assembly it can gall so badly to make it impossible to screw apart.