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Old 09-19-2019, 02:16 AM
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Originally Posted by flyrod View Post
In m experience they are VERY tight. I watched a local smith remove one for me and I cringed at the force applied through a cheater into the vice bolted to a steel post mounted in the concrete floor. I think the trick is not messing up the receiver; the barrel is much easier to replace. Without special tools, I think the way to do it is cut off the barrel with a stub exposed, then mill a slot in the stub to relieve the tension, collapse it and unscrew it.

Remington seems to put glue on the threads. The CZ had no glue.
Thank you flyrod! Your reply is an example of the kind of difficulty that I was referring to. I guess I'll ask the smith about this when I go looking for one.
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