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[redshooter]

Yes they all swap. The only complicated part is torquing/indexing the barrel nut because there are no commercially available vise blocks that will fit the upper properly. ATRS has their own in house rig to do it.

Two hardwood blocks and a vice are all you need. Put the blocks together in the vice, then drill an appropriate sized hole all the way through so that you can put your barrel between them and clamp them in a vice. Works great!

 

[BeerBaron]

Two hardwood blocks and a vice are all you need. Put the blocks together in the vice, then drill an appropriate sized hole all the way through so that you can put your barrel between them and clamp them in a vice. Works great!

Yep this is what I did as well.

 

[DILLIGAF]

Buy a reaction rod. No one uses those vice blocks anymore

 

[no-one special]

Buy a reaction rod. No one uses those vice blocks anymore

Precisely!!

 

[ThatM305Guy]

Buy a reaction rod. No one uses those vice blocks anymore

Reaction rods are excelent for muzzle devices. Vice blocks, etc, are better for installing barrels.
Reaction rods work if you aren't stupid about it, but they aren't the best tool.

 

[rifleman762]

Reaction rods are excelent for muzzle devices. Vice blocks, etc, are better for installing barrels.
Reaction rods work if you aren't stupid about it, but they aren't the best tool.

A person really ought to have a barrel vise, anyways . They are simple enough to rig up but I'm still using a bench vise and hardwood 2x4 pieces off an old pallet. Bicycle inner tube rubber gives it much more grip. However, if I want to take a barrel off a Mauser, for instance, that's not going to cut it. I have used the hardwood blocks in a 20 ton hydraulic press but I don't have access to a press any more.