Browning BLR screwcut for moderator? Who?
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JRF Creedbro
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The general concensus is no, due to the action they do not fit in most lathes. Most say the barrel cannot be removed, there is evidence to show they can be, but they are difficult. So if you are willing to risk wrecking the rifle to try take it off then it may be possible. But it’s at your own risk.
Thank you!
Here's some old info:
If the barrel doesn't come off easily then it can be done using a cathead and steady on the lathe. Be a bit more work - so would probably cost a lot done professionally though.
I would offer to do it if you were close by (and very trusting) but I'm just an amateur.
If the barrel doesn't come off easily then it can be done using a cathead and steady on the lathe. Be a bit more work - so would probably cost a lot done professionally though.
I would offer to do it if you were close by (and very trusting) but I'm just an amateur.
I feel a trip to Aberdeen coming on! I might pm you anyhow if that’s ok, you seem a man who knows!
As I said I'm an amateur, and probably emboldened by the fact that I don't know what I don't know
. Will respond to your pm.
It would fit in this as it has a 7.250" throat, so not impossible to get it to fitAs I said I'm an amateur, and probably emboldened by the fact that I don't know what I don't know
It would fit in this as it has a 7.250" throat, so not impossible to get it to fit
Is this you saying your the man for the job Tim
If you see the jaws in the chuck you might wince, mind you there are far less who post much more would slink off...Is this you saying your the man for the job Tim
The worst is you would get it back an inch shorter lol
Yes absolutely, mind you the purists would spit their
but if the od was turned to a clocked ID the thread is just matching the inside of the moderator WHICH are NOT screw screw cut but produced in bulk with a machine tap.We drive around on 16/20/24 wheel nuts/studs which are not screw cut
I’ll pm you! Cheers
Why wouldn’t the purists like this Tim? I just looked up the procedure and it would work wouldn’t it…Yes absolutely, mind you the purists would spit their
We drive around on 16/20/24 wheel nuts/studs which are not screw cut
If you're going to all the hassle of clocking it in the lathe then it would be silly not to single point cut the thread.
They jump up and down if you mention "head" in reloading so you have no chance using a box die lol
Yes I do agree but from a practical point that big lathe I showed a box die would be easier with it being perfect for large work being a pipe lathe so you are a long way from the tool point.
I remember repairing a vw scirocco from the 1980's hit very hard in the back for a chap, he came in half way through the job only to find we had cut and grafted in a back end not just the rear quarter as it was much more practical.
Rafter
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The barrel needs to be turned to thread diameter, and after the thread undercut there needs to be a shoulder for the threaded bush inside the mod to seat against. A die nut will clean a mostly formed thread, but not cut one in anything stronger than a warm chocolate fish.
Split dies can cut a thread, but they have a lead of a couple of threads before full thread form is cut, so again the internal thread in the mod would jam on the part of the thread not fully formed by the split dies. (and the barrel would need to be turned to thread diameter anyway, so why not do the job properly while the barrel is in the lathe?)
the back of a die has no lead as they are close to flat so many times we have turned the die around and gone up to a face
If you are going to give out info then include that a die can be turned around
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