The barrels are soldered and pinned (if you look carefully underneath each flat edge of the block, you'll see a blind pin) so the pins are drilled/extracted and then the barrel removed. I chose to just replace the barrel as the factory one has a bit of a funky taper to it... straight taper for a foot or so and then no taper from then on out. After the new barrel is soldered, the blind pin holes are redrilled (enlarged just a bit) and new pins secured. I went ahead and fitted #8 screws through both block and barrel when mounting the rib for a couple more nails in the coffin.
Terry,
I've been lurking on this forum long enough to get a sense of certain people's taste and overall devotion to rifle looniness... your comment has made my day.
