Finally received my Hogue stock today, so I fitted the 16" non-fluted barrel.
Damn that was a struggle to get that sucker in there. I stuck the barrel in the freezer for 2 hours, and tried again.. not much better than before.
I tried turning the barrel in, and had some success by turning more than pushing.
Eventually I had it in up to the end of the extractor groove, and that was enough for the V-block screws to grip the receiver, then the rest was history. Turned each screw 1/4 turn at a time to get it the rest of the way in.
Looks like I'm gonna be cleaning the 10/22 from the muzzle end from now on...
I was VERY careful to get the extractor to match the groove on the barrel before I squeezed it into the receiver, as I have a very pessimistic prediction of the future that usually turns out to be correct. I visualized myself getting the barrel in, extractor not lining up, and not being able to get the barrel back out.
I thought of sanding the receiver first to make it a little easier, but:
a) I didn't have sandpaper any coarser than 600 grit automotive;
b) I didn't feel like heading out to get it; and
c) I didn't like the idea of loosening the receiver, as the factory barrel already fit pretty loosely, and I didn't want to be stuck using the ONLY barrel that fit the receiver (although it looks like I may have achieved that result in a different, unexpected way
).
Overall she looks good, I can't wait to see how she shoots!
Damn that was a struggle to get that sucker in there. I stuck the barrel in the freezer for 2 hours, and tried again.. not much better than before.
I tried turning the barrel in, and had some success by turning more than pushing.
Eventually I had it in up to the end of the extractor groove, and that was enough for the V-block screws to grip the receiver, then the rest was history. Turned each screw 1/4 turn at a time to get it the rest of the way in.
Looks like I'm gonna be cleaning the 10/22 from the muzzle end from now on...
I was VERY careful to get the extractor to match the groove on the barrel before I squeezed it into the receiver, as I have a very pessimistic prediction of the future that usually turns out to be correct. I visualized myself getting the barrel in, extractor not lining up, and not being able to get the barrel back out.
I thought of sanding the receiver first to make it a little easier, but:
a) I didn't have sandpaper any coarser than 600 grit automotive;
b) I didn't feel like heading out to get it; and
c) I didn't like the idea of loosening the receiver, as the factory barrel already fit pretty loosely, and I didn't want to be stuck using the ONLY barrel that fit the receiver (although it looks like I may have achieved that result in a different, unexpected way
).Overall she looks good, I can't wait to see how she shoots!
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