I am working on a Rossi model 62 slide action 22 (it is a clone of the Winchester 62) and I need to remove the barrel. I have removed the pin and light tapping will not remove it. My question is whether the barrel is threaded or is it pressed in? Are most rim fire barrels pressed in and how tight are they normally? Are there any designs of barrel vises and receiver wrenches available from AGI? PS; I have hardened my first piece of steel (the swaging tool for the 30-30 barrel) once again thanks for all you guys and AGI do.
.22 barrels are held in by a multitude of methods, pressed, pinned, screwed, glued, knurled and pushed in, so you will just have to figure out which way the barrel is installed in which gun you have. The Rossi you have is screwed in. Clamp the barrel in your barrel vice, then take a pistol wrench or a wrench that clamps flat on both sides, clamp the receiver up front by the barrel and unscrew the barrel; they are not on tight…USUALLY. You may want to make an insert that will keep the receiver from crushing as you know it is split when you take the back half off.
