Thread: Switch barrel : any experience ?

Easy peezy....
Buy headspace gauges for calibers.. Get barrels externally threaded and fit Savage style barrel nuts.
Screw onto gauge, do up external nut and nip - job done
Mitch Max has a long tube nut for doing the barrels up on his tube guns.. Could go that way or just a std savage spanner

Originally Posted by Spanners

Easy peezy....
Buy headspace gauges for calibers.. Get barrels externally threaded and fit Savage style barrel nuts.
Screw onto gauge, do up external nut and nip - job done
Mitch Max has a long tube nut for doing the barrels up on his tube guns.. Could go that way or just a std savage spanner

Yup, savage barrel nuts are cool.

The "varmint" barrel I have is pretty chunky, so you'd probably end up with a shoulder and tiny gap.

The barrels aren't pre-fit, so more likely to go with machine to correct dimensions and then tighten to known torque with witness marks as backup.

Still investigating options for lug : pin it, external cradle for alignment or notch action and use savage style lug ?