Easiest/Safest Barrel removal: Puller or Air Chisel??? DONE!!!!!

CPO TED · 01-12-2009, 11:47 AM

I don't have a press.

I've gotton to the point on my Romy demil where I have to remove the barrel.

But I DO have various automotive bearing pullers and I also have a MAC Tools air chisel...with a number of chisels I can machine down to do barrel removal.

Has anybody done it BOTH ways and have an opinion on the best (easiest...with least chance of harming the barrel) of the two methods?

CPO T

Glockdocb · 01-12-2009, 01:17 PM

Only done the pulley method and it works like a charm.
Easy to control and I was careful to use copper to protect the barrel. I do not have press so I can't say how that would work.

bigwheel · 01-12-2009, 03:41 PM

CPO , I am a little biased from running air hammers for 35 years, but for
me it wasn't a question. An old copper slug from a spot welder tip and 2 minutes
was all it took. But to tell the truth, the precision and control a press offers is
a better way to go in mho.

CPO TED · 01-12-2009, 03:48 PM

I just did mine with the air chisel.

Piece of cake...stack of pennies on the top...and it almost just fell out with the air chisel barely breakin' a sweat.

I've scraped tougher rust!

anyoldways

now to blastin' and rust blueing!!!

CPO T

swabbie · 01-12-2009, 05:15 PM

keep us posted on yer progress....maybe in the rust bluing thread...

my solution is on it's way...

inquiring minds want to know

pix optional

motorhead · 01-13-2009, 09:32 PM

demilled 2 kits that way before i bought the press to bend flats. the p/s pulley puller works real good, i use an impact on it. make a flat punch for the chisel.

01-12-2009, 11:47 AM	#1
CPO TED Curio & Relic AKaholic #: 6044 Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,639	Easiest/Safest Barrel removal: Puller or Air Chisel??? DONE!!!!! I don't have a press. I've gotton to the point on my Romy demil where I have to remove the barrel. But I DO have various automotive bearing pullers and I also have a MAC Tools air chisel...with a number of chisels I can machine down to do barrel removal. Has anybody done it BOTH ways and have an opinion on the best (easiest...with least chance of harming the barrel) of the two methods? CPO T Last edited by CPO TED; 01-12-2009 at 03:41 PM.

01-12-2009, 05:15 PM	#5
swabbie Curio & Relic AKaholic #: 5549 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: central Mississippi Posts: 2,843	rust bluing keep us posted on yer progress....maybe in the rust bluing thread... my solution is on it's way... inquiring minds want to know pix optional __________________ I'm a reeeloadin,stogie smokin FOOOL

01-12-2009, 01:17 PM	#2
Glockdocb New Member AKaholic #: 20631 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: USA East Coast Posts: 1	Only done the pulley method and it works like a charm. Easy to control and I was careful to use copper to protect the barrel. I do not have press so I can't say how that would work.

01-12-2009, 03:41 PM	#3
bigwheel Curio & Relic AKaholic #: 11146 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: mt Posts: 4,900	CPO , I am a little biased from running air hammers for 35 years, but for me it wasn't a question. An old copper slug from a spot welder tip and 2 minutes was all it took. But to tell the truth, the precision and control a press offers is a better way to go in mho.

01-12-2009, 03:48 PM	#4
CPO TED Curio & Relic AKaholic #: 6044 Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,639	I just did mine with the air chisel. Piece of cake...stack of pennies on the top...and it almost just fell out with the air chisel barely breakin' a sweat. I've scraped tougher rust! anyoldways now to blastin' and rust blueing!!! CPO T

01-13-2009, 09:32 PM	#6
motorhead EVIL GENIUS AKaholic #: 6093 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: peoples republik of kalifornia Posts: 14,186	demilled 2 kits that way before i bought the press to bend flats. the p/s pulley puller works real good, i use an impact on it. make a flat punch for the chisel.

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