After years of stock bedding and installing pillars I finally did it this weekend....glued the action to the stock. I have done many Rem 700 rifles, but this is the first with the barrel nut used for the RemAge system. I admit, I just plain forgot to put clay in the barrel nut grooves. I have a mechanical lock in a Walnut stock (factory that is being replaced, just wanted to shoot it until the good stock arrives). I have heard of the freezer method and the hot iron method to soften the epoxy, in this case Devcon (A) steel putty. Anyone have experience unlocking a Savage or RemAge barrel nut?
Gunsmithing RemAge Barrel Epoxied
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Can you get a couple photos? Did you put release agent on that area?
Did the same on a Savage years ago - heat allowed it to pop right out.
If its just the barrel nut grooves that are holding it in i would think youd be able to break that little bit of epoxy.
I had one on a savage and a remington, but it was in the good stock.. Didn't have a freezer big enough but a few hard wraps with a dead blow mallet at the front of the action on the action and recoil lug. It finally popped loose but it was a couple hard smacks not a time gentle comes into the picture.. still took some wiggling but it cam loose and the bedding held together just fine.
