6.5 Jap barrel removal

[IridiumRed]

If the barrel is just a throwaway, and its slipping in what youre trying to grip it with, running a quick bead of weld down the side of it (maybe other side of it too, depending on what youre gripping it with)... that makes it not want to spin at all, a big lump of weld sticking up from surface.

Or just take spare / scrap piece of steel and weld barrel to it. Definitely not slip then.

Only relevant when youre getting to place where you dont care about barrel condition post removal)

[Fishoot]

Another advantage if IridiumRed's proposal is the heat it will introduce to the threads. Heat sometimes does the trick too.

[PTCSmith]

I modified a Remington 700 head for a Brownells action wrench to use on Japs. It requires the extra milling cut that you see here, and it does not harm the wrench for use on Remington receivers.

Bill Jacobs

Jap Wrench by jakefromclemson, on Flickr

[gnoahhh]

Betcha a dollar to a donut hole that somebody swapped the wrong bolt in it - Type 99 bolt in a Type 38 receiver. They don't interchange. I would scare up a known Type 38 bolt and try it before losing too much sleep over removing the barrel.

[tangolima]

Betcha a dollar to a donut hole that somebody swapped the wrong bolt in it - Type 99 bolt in a Type 38 receiver. They don't interchange. I would scare up a known Type 38 bolt and try it before losing too much sleep over removing the barrel.

Quite possibly. Didn't think of that. The bolts are indeed not interchangeable. I tried that myself.

-TL

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[Texas by God]

My Arisaka Type 38 action has a front “Recoil lug” that is in reality just a round screw boss for the guard screw. I guess that the interlocking rear action tangs served that purpose….
I don’t have a Type 99- do they have Mauser type front recoil lugs?


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[tangolima]

My Arisaka Type 38 action has a front “Recoil lug” that is in reality just a round screw boss for the guard screw. I guess that the interlocking rear action tangs served that purpose….
I don’t have a Type 99- do they have Mauser type front recoil lugs?


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T38 and T99 bolts look almost the same. Both have 2 front Mauser type lugs. Whatever at the rear are safety lugs, that may or may not bear.

-TL

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[country gent]

What you might try if you have access to an ultra sonic cleaner is a few cycles thru it high heat and good solvent like simple green precision clean. The heat while not that much will help loosen it and crud the vibrations will work the cleaner into the threads better. Might give a edge to breaking it loose. Another trick with the ultra sonic is to put some kroil in a plastic bag and run a couple cycles with the action barrel joint in it ( keep the water solvent around the outside).

[Texas by God]

T38 and T99 bolts look almost the same. Both have 2 front Mauser type lugs. Whatever at the rear are safety lugs, that may or may not bear.

-TL

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I was talking about the recoil lug on the reciever- not locking lugs on the bolt. Sorry for the confusion.


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[405grain]

The barrel shank on a type 38 Arisaka is .720" long, and the barrel shank on a type 99 is .700" long. Because the shank on a type 38 is .020" longer, if you're trying to use a type 99 bolt in a type 38 action the bolt isn't going to close.