Longrifle Rebuild

[ihuntsnook]

I am contemplating making a new stock for a longrifle I bought online about a year ago. The finish was nice, but the inletting was awful, and I found a slight crack in the wrist, under the lock. There are other problems as well. My question is if I buy a stock with the barrel inletted already, will I be able to do the job with without removing the tang and breech plug?

 

[sc45-70]

If the barrel fits the barrel inlet of the stock you should be able to inlet the barrel and tang straigh down into the stock without removing the breech plug.

SC45-70

 

If it's a straight barrel, it can be done, but wouldn't be my first choice. I would remove the breech plug, and get the lock, and barrel fit correctly, then the plug. I would say that if you have five to ten builds under your belt, it won't be a problem for you. Basically you have a precarve build with re-used parts. I would remove the breach plug and the barrel tenon/lugs, and follow Mike's build guide with Keith Lisle's build order for a pre carve build. That's my two centavos

Bill

 

[Mike Brooks]

Breech plugs aren't (normaly) hard to take out. A vice and a monkey wrench and you're set to go.

 

[Birddog6]

I guess that all depends on how talented you are. :idunno:

But I cannot imagine me building a rifle & not removing the breechplug. It is probably the easiest part of the build, I mean it just screws out....... :hmm: & ya just screw it back in after ya get the vent liner done & etc.

I have inletted barrels with the tang on them, but prefer to inlet the barrel first, then add the tang & inlet it.

Keith Lisle

 

[ihuntsnook]

Thank you all. That answers my question. It has to come out. Not sure how old the rifle is, or how much it's been shot. I believe I will stand the barrel on end and give it a dose of PB Blaster. Thanks everyone.

 

[TimmyP]

Hey ihuntsnook, I rebuilt an old Italian FIE. The only ticky part to reinstalling the breechplug was filing the breech of the barrel and the end of the plug. Make sure you have a good gas seal on both ends and everything lines up. fit it tight. Good luck.