Originally Posted by
chuckindenver
iv rebarreld more then a few 17,s.
iv yet to chuck one up to cut the shoulder.
by the time you center, chuck , and set your cutter.
ill have it loose, and ready for a new barrel.
they can be tough, second only to a Type 99 Jap, but they do come loose with the right tools, and muscle power.
heres how is look at it.
once you cut the shoulder the barrel is trash, cant be rebored, or used for anything othet then a jack handle.
if you use a good pipe wrench, and a good receiver wrench, they will come out.
i can dress a wrench marks easy, and use the barrel down the road,
example,
if you have a cutdown barrel with sporter sight, with great bore, it can be used.
when you find a sporter with nice barrel, swap it out, and then you can sell the sporter for what you paid for it, maybe more,
and save the nice original barrel for that 17, with a sewer pipe.
if you cut the should of that shortened barrel, its done.