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Well I fired the 81 for the first time yesterday. I fired four rounds just to check the sights. It functioned fine. I took the barrel off just now. You don’t need to fully disassemble the barrel assembly to check for extension wiggle. With the barrel off, I retracted the barrel enough to grab the ex...

Given the significant degree of difficulty between options 1 and 2 and the nuclear option 3, I went with option 1 last night. I gave the alignment pin a few whacks with a pointed punch. The pin upset a bit and took out the wiggle. The pin is clearly soft steel and I don't think it will be a very dur...

Thank you all gents. I was indeed referring to the barrel extension that the bolt head locks into and not the barrel shroud. My barrel shroud was loose too, and I had searched to find the loose shroud thread. I already fixed that, at least temporarily, by riveting the pin. The barrel extension has b...

Howdy folks, This is my debut on this forum. I've got an 81 in 300 Savage apart for a general cleanup and going through and discovered the barrel extension has a little wiggle to it. I don't imagine it's supposed to be loose at all on the barrel, but as this is my first Model 8/81 deep dive, I don't...