Midway Adams and Bennet barrels

[omcforever]

 Got mine in yesterday(223 varmint style) and it was a sporter barrel. Called CS and they said they have had that issue with the varmint style barrels in 223 and 221. Seems A-B sent a bunch of sporter style instead of varmint style. If you need one, call first for availability/CS told me they are out of varmint 223 and 221 and are on Back Order now for at least 2 weeks..Art

[jim36]

Got my A&B barrel a couple of weeks ago. Put it on a Savage 110 . Had a little problem with the 3006 to 35 w reloads. One of the members here put me in the right direction. This 35 whelen is a super shooter. It surprised me with it's accuracy. Did a trigger job, pillow bedding , oversized bolt handle. longer firing pin spring, a little JB weld on the recoil lug, and it doesn't get much better than that.  I LIKE IT.

                                                          Jim

[Brithunter]

Ahhh Jim,

     May I ask how difficult you found that Savage Nut was to undo?

    A friend is trying to remove the barrel off his 110 right now and the dang thing won't shift. In fact the Savage nut wrench has deformed and that nut still won't budge  Oh yes and he is trying undo it not do it up 

  He has a .358 Barrel that he wants to fit onto it but it's a wildcat .358 not the Whelan.

[billy_56081]

Has he tried a propane torch to loosen the locktite?

[jim36]

Brithunter    I have the action wrench and the barrel nut wrench. I tried to remove the nut without using the action wrench. No luck. Put the action in the wrench, stuck the handle in my receiver of my trailer hitch, put the nut wrench in place and presto . I came off quiet easy. I also soaked it in liquid wrench prior to it coming loose. I can't imagine taking it apart without the action wrence or some kind of make shift wrench. This was my first one, and I could possibly do another in 30 min or less.
     By the way, I really like this 35 whelen. I think the next one I try will be the 308.

                              Jim

[Brithunter]

I'll check but I do believe he has an action wrench as this is not the first re-barrel he has done. I'll also mention the liquid wrench. Thanks 

[MZ5]

Loc-Tite (or any other threadlocker) is not used by Savage.  That's a common myth floating around the internet.  Sometimes ...'crud' is not quite thoroughly washed from the threads prior to assembly, and the threads kind of seize.  Kroil (or Liquid Wrench) soaking in for a while (minutes, hours, maybe days depending) will be helpful, but the biggest thing to remember when loosening a stuck fastener is to use quick, sharp blows with a light to medium hammer on the nut wrench.  Don't use a sledge!  Slow, heavy blows won't un-stick the thing, but they will bend stuff.