SO thats how they put those barrels on!

[MIKEONE]

interesting bit of information I received.

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/mikeone_photo/325barrelremoval.jpg

[Johnch]

And my uderstanding is
Smith & Wesson will not release the tool to a gunsmith
Unless they have gone through some school

As my local gunsmith could not get the tool from Smith
That might have changed
But when I was looking at one , he could not fix on and had to send it to Smith to have it fixed

John

[MtGun44]

Casting a steel insert like a bolt or similar into the bbl with cerrosafe would probably
work fine.

Bill

[S.R.Custom]

Casting a steel insert like a bolt or similar into the bbl with cerrosafe would probably
work fine.

It does... A piece of square stock welded to a piece of pipe for a T-handle is just the ticket. But you need to preheat the square stock before you pour the cerrosafe to get good fillout of the rifling... ;)

[Shiloh]

Interesting.

Doing any barrel removal is something that is beyond my capabilities. Making some sort of insert and doing one of these, is off the chart.

Shiloh

[Dave Berryhill]

No need to make a special tool. Several 'smiths have had success by centering the long leg a large allen wrench in the barrel and filling it with Cerosafe. The short leg can be held in a vise or turned with a large wrench, whichever your preferred method is.

[4t5]

I can't imagine shooting my 342PD enough times to wear out a barrel. I'd wear out my wrist first!