Author Topic: Browning barrel (Read 570 times)

mjbgalt · « **on:** January 31, 2006, 02:28:08 PM »

what's the deal with my new browning hunter in .243?

I tried to take it apart to clean it when i bought it but i cannot get the barreled action out of the stock. is there some trick to it or did browning make it impossible?

if so, why?

-Matt

gunnut69 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2006, 08:49:55 PM »

Do you have a manual? If not I suggest a trip to Brownings website.. I know of no reason the rifle can't be taken down. Sometimes a sharp rap on the underside of the barrel with the action screws removed and the forestock being held in the left hand, can help jar things loose. DON"T whack it, just a medium tap with a rubber mallet to loosen the inletting a bit..

mjbgalt · « **Reply #2 on:** February 01, 2006, 06:09:39 AM »

i have heard that they are expoxied into the stock...it sounds ludicrous but someone mentioned that when their gunsmith went to put a new barrel on it, the barreled action wouldn't come out and they found epoxy.

now i know they are glass bedded....maybe the guy thought that was epoxy???

-Matt

gunnut69 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 01, 2006, 07:03:24 AM »

Most conventional 'glass bedding' is one form of epoxy or another. Most are a catalized polyester.. If the barreled action is epoxied in simply heat the metal with a propane torch and the epoxy will turn loose. Protect the stock finish with a bit of masking tape and keep the flame away from the wood. Perhaps a heat gun would also work. Whatever you use if you get the finish too hot it WILL be damaged.. The epoxy will likely turn loose when the metal reaches about 200 degrees or so. The metal may still be a bit stubborn as there is a certain amount of mechanical locking that occurs but it can then usually be removed OK..

longwinters · « **Reply #4 on:** February 01, 2006, 10:28:32 AM »

I have the Stainless Stalker and had no problem, have had it out several times to do trigger adjustments.

Long

kenscot · « **Reply #5 on:** February 01, 2006, 05:45:20 PM »

the light rap of a rubber mallet shoud do the trick. I have 6 Abolts. The epoxy bedding does hold them in the stock on the snug side

mjbgalt · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2006, 06:09:08 PM »

i took the screws out a little bit ago and hit the barrel downward (with gun upside down) a few times with my fist as hard as I want to hit a $579 investment

and it still won't co-operate.

hmm

-Matt

gunnut69 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 02, 2006, 08:24:17 PM »

Take the screws out to nearly their full length, a couple of turns should be enough to hold. Turn the rifle upside down and whack it a bit with a bubber mallet. You may want to let the rifle spend the night in a deep freeze(food freezer). The differential shrinkage in the metal and wood should make any bond very fragile.. The stock of the inverted rifle is held in the left hand and the rifle may be suspended over a soft service if you're worried about dropping it.. a bed would work.. Remove the magazine first.. and close the floorplate... It's just bedded a bit tight,.,

lefty o · « **Reply #8 on:** February 03, 2006, 06:39:25 AM »

heat the reciever up with a hair dryer or heat gun- not a propane torch :shock:

gunnut69 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 03, 2006, 07:16:01 PM »

Heat guns and hair driers heat is too generalized. The finish will be damaged.. The heat from the torch is limited to a controled area and is not allowed to heat that spot excessively.. control is what you need.. Still the freezing is likely to work also.. Many times a mechinical lock forces one the in effect lift the barreled action straight up to acoid binding..

lefty o · « **Reply #10 on:** February 04, 2006, 04:07:58 PM »

sorry, you will not damage the finish with a heat gun or hairdryer. at least unless your a complete knucklehead.

gunnut69 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 04, 2006, 08:06:38 PM »

Sorry but the heat from these devices can't be controled well enough to keep it off the finish. You will need a couple of hundred degrees to loosen the epoxy bond and a torch can do that and aviod heat that will crack and curdle the poly finish. No flame intended and the torch can most certainly damage the finish if it touches it, but it is much more controlable...

lefty o · « **Reply #12 on:** February 05, 2006, 03:35:05 PM »

ive unstuck numerous guns using a heat gun. it can be done, and you can control the heat. you dont need to get things all that hot, just warm enough to soften the epoxy, not melt it. i do agree that one minor slip with a torch will destroy your stocks finish.

mjbgalt · « **Reply #13 on:** February 09, 2006, 11:44:03 AM »

i took it out to shoot today and it was about 30 degrees. i shot about 30 times over an hour and then went home. when i tried to get it apart to clean it came right out. the bedding was tight but apparently it just needed the temperature change and the shock of shooting apparently.

-Matt