7600 acton tube wrench

[vinconco]

Anyone know if there is a action tube wrench that would tighten the action tube against the barrel with enough torque to properly seat the barrel without breaking and without burring up the holes in the action tube.    I have read that "ya just use a punch or sumpthin" to tighen / loosen the action tube but having started down that road I soon realized that this is exactly how guns get "gunschmitded" to death.  I checked Brownell's but nothing came up. 

thanks in advance

Steve

[Modoc ED]

The reason nothing came up is because no such tool exists per-se.

I use a steel (stronger than brass) rod that matches the size of the hole in the action tube as closely as possible.  You don't need that much umph/torque to tighten the action tube.  Snug I think describes it best. 

Don't use a piece of rod too long as that will provide too much torque when tightening -- kinda like a cheater bar on a ratchet.  My rods that I use are just six inches long.

[The Gamemaster]

I keep trying to tell you that the barrel is not LOOSE.

Give up on it already.

You can tighten the barrel only after you loosen the loctite that is on the threads.

You can buy a drift - not a punch - from Craftsman - Sears.

A drift is the same diameter from end to end.  A punch is usually thicker at the shank then it is at the end.

The action has to be put into a vise and clamped and then you can tighten the tube.  Period!

If you do not have a mechanics vise then you cannot hold the gun and turn the drift with enough force to even get the tube loose - let alone tight.

PLEASE TAKE IT TO A GUNSMITH.