I'm wanting to ship a Rem 700 action to a gunsmith to have some work done and it has the factory barrel still attached.
If I cut a grove in front of the recoil lug to relieve the torque on the barrel threads, will the barrel still be too tight to unscrew without an action wrench?
I'm not going to reuse the barrel or the recoil lug, so, I'm not worried about damaging them.
It would save on shipping to send just the action and bolt.
