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    Posted: May 24 2023 at 7:11am
Sapper740, a buddy has an accumulation of barreled actions collected over many years.He's using them up to restore sported rifles.
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More important question:  where are you finding barrels for it?
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sao - is it sported ? 
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That is exactly correct, you summed it up nicely.
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Canuck, can’t quite follow what you said.  Is the barrel “under clocked”, I.e stops short of the front sight being vertical? Also, results in excess headspace such that a longer bolt head can’t correct it?  If so, you may need to get some of the barrel shoulder skimmed off in a lathe. 
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UPDATE: The chopped barrel was finally able to be removed. There had to be a relief cut made to take the stresses out of the barrel/action connection. Once removed, a black 'goo' shall we call it was found and could have had a part in the great difficulty removing the barrel. Now, after trying to install 11 different, full length barrels, has become a nightmare. None of the 11 barrels would 'clock' properly, in fact, not even close to threading in far enough. It seems that these early 1941 barrels have shorter screw thread lengths. My buddy has one more barrel to try then we are almost out of options. We figure we may have to have a barrel shortened at the screw threads to make it fit. Has anyone on this site run into this problem?
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Do keep us updated.  I have a '41 around here someplace.

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I look forward to watching the progress!
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Yes HT, new barrel coming.
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Its amazing how fast they banged these out, mine is #2579 first run of 10,000 and yours is half way through the next 10,000.
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Would you install a new barrel to alleviate the "chopped" one?
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Yes, that will be a fun project.
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Thanks fellas! It will be a fun project to be sure.
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Nice, not many of these around.
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looking forward to seeing you save on this one , should be real nice - you got a good foundation to start with
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Nice project! 
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