savage barrel nut

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lriner

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a friend brought a new savage rifle by for me to instal a new scope,noticed the barrel nut had no slots on it.Now I'm no gunsmith but how would you guys get the barrel nut off? Lynn Riner
 
lriner said:
a friend brought a new savage rifle by for me to instal a new scope,noticed the barrel nut had no slots on it.Now I'm no gunsmith but how would you guys get the barrel nut off? Lynn Riner
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Hole in the bottom. You have to have a spanner wrench for it. SSS is now making them. Or use a pipe wrench and put a regular nut on it. Much cheaper than buying the new style wrench.

Luck, Tim
 
I guess Savage did this just for cosmetics, since some people don't like the nut.

There will eventually come a time that I have the $$$ and the skills to need a gunsmith to put together a really great rifle -- but the lowly Savage action and nut have so far allowed me to learn how to headspace for 6PPC, get experience with neck turning, and a whole host of other issues on a low $ budget.

The smooth nut would eventually be history, on any I owned, as I'd rather have something that one can clearly get a purchase on!

I just wish Savage built all the actions on the same shank size!
 
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