Full Stock Barrel Removal

[rcscott30]

How often should you remove the barrel from a full stock rifle and clean separately? I don't like the idea of removing the pins on my Kentucky rifle with a punch too often. I've had the gun for about five years and removed the barrel for the first time last night for complete cleaning. Looked fine to me, just a little fouling built up around the nose cap.

 

[deerstalkert]

i would use that 5 year evidence as a gauge.
personally i have a rule of never.

 

[springfield art]

i would use that 5 year evidence as a gauge.
personally i have a rule of never.

I agree with the 5 year idea.

 

[tenngun]

I heavily waxed the channel, I don’t like to remove mine
Middlesex village traders had an original officers fusil they wanted to copy.
The gun was in very poor shape. On inspection they removed the barrel to find the bottom of the barrel with its blue finish in excellent shape

 

[wiscoaster]

How often should you remove the barrel from a full stock rifle and clean separately? I don't like the idea of removing the pins on my Kentucky rifle with a punch too often. I've had the gun for about five years and removed the barrel for the first time last night for complete cleaning. Looked fine to me, just a little fouling built up around the nose cap.

Sounds to me like you're taking the right approach.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Never.

 

[oldwood]

Always have a thin coat of sealer in the barrel channel , and as long as the pin holes in the underlugs are slotted , I never take the barrel out unless had to replace a worn touch hole , or perhaps have to install a tang peep sight.

 

[Rob M.]

Yeah , if you removed the barrel once a year it'd be excessive . If you dropped it in the creek or got caught in a thunderstorm , sure but .... Any who ....lock out .... A finish nail with blunt tip and tap the pins out , slowly , carefully. The pins are supposed to go from lock side to S.P. side but I've seen some dumb stuff . ... tang screw out and holding barrel.in channel , tap heal of buttplate on the bench ...barrel breech pops out . I have to do this for each build 5000 f&%$ing times ! ( slight exaggeration for effect ) so its easily done when you get used to it but .... its entirely unnecessary unless something drastic has happened to the firearm or your just bored and curious . Just go slow and be careful , it'll be fine if you have to ....

 

[Banjoman]

Never.

 

[Eric Krewson]

I am at never unless I feel the need to pull the breech plug for some reason. I pulled the plug on one of my rifles to cone the muzzle lately and rotate the barrel's breech on a pad. Another time I thought I dry balled and couldn't get the ball out or get my puller to screw into it, I pulled the plug to find an empty breech, I had to laugh at myself on that one, DUH.

 

[nchawkeye]

I don't, no need to..A little rust perhaps on the bottom of the barrel? Who cares? It will outlast you..

 

[flatcreek]

Every time I clean it. Made a punch and don't see any problem with taking it out. I then clean it in a bucket of warm water and soap, pumping it in and out.

 

[Cruzatte]

How often should you remove the barrel from a full stock rifle and clean separately?

Never. I did that once and watched the stock slide sideways and fall to the floor in slow motion. The result was a cleanly broken wrist

 

[French Colonial]

I am in the never crowd.

 

[Brazos John]

Every time I clean it. Made a punch and don't see any problem with taking it out. I then clean it in a bucket of warm water and soap, pumping it in and out.

I clean the barrel like you do, and have had no problems.
Remove and replace the pins carefully, and it cleans up nicely.
Oil it and store it until next time.

 

[Polecat_Tom]

I am also of the school where I remove my barrel each time. I have tried without and always seem to spill water between the barrel and stock and end up removing the barrel anyway. I guess it is just hard teaching an "old dog" new tricks.

 

[Sam squanch]

If you have a Underhammer with no fore end it’s a non issue…

 

[French Colonial]

I am also of the school where I remove my barrel each time. I have tried without and always seem to spill water between the barrel and stock and end up removing the barrel anyway. I guess it is just hard teaching an "old dog" new tricks.

If you have a good coat of finish on the wood in the barrel channel and RIG or similar on the underside of the barrel a little water spilled will not matter.

 

[Polecat_Tom]

If you have a good coat of finish on the wood in the barrel channel and RIG or similar on the underside of the barrel a little water spilled will not matter.

I have both a good coat of finish and RIG on the barrel, I just feel more comfortable removing the barrel. I have been doing so for years without any adverse effect. And I probably can do it that way for another 20, and by then, either way really won't have mattered much to me.

 

[George Andrix]

I like to take things apart so I do it often, but if my rifle has been out in wet weather I feel that it is a necessity.