01-25-2021, 02:23 AM
The older full size 1500 actions were a bitch to get the barrels off of. I wound up having to take a cut on the bbl shank with a parting tool right up against the receiver face to relieve the pressure on the joint, then could sometimes unscrew the OEM bbl by hand. It wasn't until 1500s with the HACT trigger came out that the bbls became routine to remove. Breaking a Mini bbl loose has never been a problem on any of the four actions that I've re-barreled.

