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I know this is an old thread, but the lack of a commercially produced facing tool is a continuing problem that I finally solved for myself today. I could have made a mandrel and used a brownells barrel facing cutter mentioned above but I wanted a non-handheld solution as I do not like the...

I thread S&W15/22 barrels almost weekly. I set up a service which includes removing the barrel from the upper, threading, re-crowning and then reassembling the upper as a standard package price. Full details are on my website 22BARRELS.COM HOME

bump for those that missed it the first time.

I would recommend a peel washer in this instance to reduce the amount of torque required to index. No problem re-using a peel washer. I would also shy away from a crush washer even WITH the use of barrel vise blocks because 22 rimfire barrels tend to be much softer steel than typical 223/5.56...

Indeed it's a different barrel, but the crush washer is properly installed. There's no need for a special outer diameter crush washer as crush washers are tapered. You put the small end towards the barrel and the large end towards the muzzle device.

...and a backwards crush washer. ;)

What if I push the button a bunch of times, REALLY fast? What is the moon is not in the correct phase with venus? :eek:

I think the issue is that the handguard cap won't slide over the muzzle device. Since you can't access the barrel nut without removing the handguard cap and you can't remove the barrel without removing the muzzle device to clear the handguard cap, it goes to reason that the only way to remove...

Someone else told me I should sign up here because my services might be of interest... I had 3 different requests for threading these barrels in the last week to ten days. I finally got one in the shop last night and made the special barrel wrench. I can now tear down and rebuild these uppers...