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    Gunsmithing Buying a barrel with pre-cut chamber/tenon?

    If you already have the action and it isn't a Savage, you can install a threaded/short chambered barrel with only hand tools. There are plenty of articles and videos out there. You can rent a reamer and headspace gauges at reamerrentals.com reasonably. The biggest piece of advice I can give...
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    Gunsmithing HELP Standard practice on cutting springs?

    I've cut thousands of coil springs with no problems. The only time I've ever gotten myself into trouble is cutting them too short to allow them to work. I keep spring stock in the shop so it's pretty easy for me to make a replacement, though. Springs are cheap so go ahead and experiment.