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Removing A Type 38 Barrel


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I have a couple type 38 barreled receivers I want to remove the barrels from. I have a barrel vise, but not an appropriate action wrench. I have the Midway wrench, which only works on flat bottom receivers.

 

I don't want to buy a new action wrench, but I may need to. Anyone have a tip on a poor man's method?

 

 

PS. This shop has crates of barreled receivers, types 38 and 99, many with Mums intact. $9.00 each.

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First off, I've never had anything to do with Arisaka's and do not know how much that they resemble other makes.

A simple tip that covers all actions is the use of Kroil brand penetrating oil. A little soaking for a few days or weeks if possible, has proven very beneficial for me in easing the force needed in removing Mauser barrels.

 

I'm not sure about the wrench needed for the Arisaka's, but would think that if they are round receivers like Remingtons, that they would be similar in design.

I think that Remingtons are an internal style action wrench.

 

I hope those with more knowledge and experience will chime in.

 

Spiris

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depends on if you want to save the barrels or not.On my 99 I had a sewerpipe barrel that I did'nt want to keep anyway,if you have the Midway type barrel vise with wood blocks you can make a pair of blocks to fit the receiver and put the receiver in the barrel vise and use a pipe wrench on the barrels

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If you do not have the skills and equipment to modify that action wrench, you are going to find duplicating the Arisaka breech face on the new barrel a first class pain in the butt. Hopefully you have a barrel you can just change out.

 

That said, probably the easiest way to modify the action wrench is to take a piece of steel that will just fit the width of the mag opening, drill two or three holes in it with matching drilled and tapped holes in the wrench. Slip the wrench on the action, tighten it up, slip the piece into the opening, bolt it to the wrench and go to town.

 

You will find the Arisaka steel to be quite hard. It is unlikely that you will mar the mag opening. LL

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For those who may be able to make their own tools I would like to show you the wrench and vise I made for taking barrels off T30. T35, T38 and T99 rifles. Go to this site. It don't slip.

 

http://riceone1.com/id1.html

 

Scroll to the bottom. riceone

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For those who may be able to make their own tools I would like to show you the wrench and vise I made for taking barrels off T30. T35, T38 and T99 rifles. Go to this site. It don't slip.

 

http://riceone1.com/id1.html

 

Scroll to the bottom. riceone

 

The last photo shows what appears to be interupted threads. Whats up with that?

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On that action they cut the extractor slot all the way out the front. On other 38 actions they did not. Some Japanese 38 barrels are really stubborn, maybe because some have been on there over a 100 years. This is my third vise and wrench as other failed the test. riceone

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