Thompson barrel install info

[73hemicuda]

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://macleantech.com/uploads/BarrelRemoval_AmericanGunsmith_Nov08.pdf&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwi9sNuAs9LpAhXDY98KHRjiD6UQFjACegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw1P_1T-1WaWqluX_ZV_aK5k

 

Here's a link to an article from the Nov 2008 issue of American Gunsmith on a barrel install/removal using Doug Richardson's tools which are very similar to the set Mohawk64 recently made. I know somebody was asking on another thread about information on using them. I know that there is no torque spec specified for the barrel installation, but when installing a new barrel, how tight is tight enough?

[reconbob]

The square thread of the Thompson can't be torqued very far

once the shoulder of the barrel hits the receiver. Once the shoulder

hits, maybe you can turn the barrel 1/8" and then it just won't go

much farther.

Unlike a V thread where once the shoulder hits you can torque

the barrel maybe 1/4" or more.

So when you barrel a Thompson you can turn it on as tight as

you can before your barrel wrench starts to slip.

 

Bob

[73hemicuda]

Ok, thanks for the help.