Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

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Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by NukeBOMB88 » 12 Aug 2014, 5:48 pm

Hey guys,

I'm taking my old Winchester apart to reblue it and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to remove the action from the barrel :oops:

I would greatly appreciate some help on this :D
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Re: Winchester M37A

Post by deanp100 » 12 Aug 2014, 6:09 pm

Now the front timber is off, you should be able to open the action and it will swing down and come off in your hand.
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Re: Winchester M37A

Post by NukeBOMB88 » 12 Aug 2014, 7:19 pm

Nah when I opened it and swung it down is seemed to be catching on something.

I just tried a little brute fires and that worked so crisis averted :)

Sorry to bother you guys, problem solved :)
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Re: Winchester M37A

Post by fuggle » 13 Aug 2014, 8:37 am

What you do is...

Bah, beat me to it :P
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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by Rocker » 13 Aug 2014, 8:38 am

A bit of elbow grease solves everything :D
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Post by Hinky » 13 Aug 2014, 8:38 am

Good to see the DIY projects :D

Don't forget to post pictures when finished.
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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by NukeBOMB88 » 13 Aug 2014, 12:38 pm

Hinky wrote:Good to see the DIY projects :D

Don't forget to post pictures when finished.


Yeah I will post pictures, I can't guarantee the end product will be any good because I've never done it before :lol:
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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by NukeBOMB88 » 13 Aug 2014, 6:12 pm

I've just removed most of the surface rust and old Blueing and it's looking pretty good, long way to go though :D

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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by Rocker » 14 Aug 2014, 11:54 am

A promising start :)

Keep us posted.
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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by NukeBOMB88 » 14 Aug 2014, 5:32 pm

Aaaand, done! :D

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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by Spooner » 16 Aug 2014, 6:54 pm

Good work mate.

100x better than the start.
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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by Hinky » 16 Aug 2014, 6:56 pm

Yeah, nice restore mate :)
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Post by Rocker » 16 Aug 2014, 7:41 pm

Nailed it.
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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by lowb » 16 Aug 2014, 7:45 pm

I would still. I wreck all this stuff when I try :lol:
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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by NukeBOMB88 » 16 Aug 2014, 8:39 pm

I think it went very well considering I'd never done that before, I'm glad that you guys think it went well too :) Now for the stock restoration... When I can be bothered that is! :)
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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by Utcherd » 18 Aug 2014, 8:54 am

NukeBOMB88 wrote:When I can be bothered that is! :)


So... Never? :lol:
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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by tactice » 18 Aug 2014, 8:55 am

Yeah mate, looks good :)
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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by NukeBOMB88 » 18 Aug 2014, 9:19 am

Utcherd wrote:
NukeBOMB88 wrote:When I can be bothered that is! :)


So... Never? :lol:


Hahaha your probably right :lol:
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Re: Removing Winchester M37A action from barrel

Post by Utcherd » 19 Aug 2014, 9:52 am

He he.

That's how it goes. That's where all my restoration projects are up to at the moment... Never :lol:
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