EMF SAA barrel swap?

[WestKentucky]

I have a beloved but broken EMF manufactured Armi Jager Frontier Buntline. The blind hole for the ejector housing stripped, and I tried to rethread the hole to #10 which was not successful. I would like to repair the gun, or potentially swap on a different barrel until i get a good repair on the ejector housing situation. How tight are the barrels normally, and how strong is the frame? Right now it's limping with injury, I would hate to kill it by breaking the frame AFTER buying a numrich barrel. If it's an easy removal I can take the barrel to a local machine shop, but I don't want anybody running afoul of the legal requirements for working on a gun...but they can fix a detached barrel.

 

[BBBBill]

Removal without a proper action wrench risks warping and/or cracking the frame. The MGW is the best that I know of. Brownell's and Ron Power also offer one. You can make one fairly easily by looking at photos of one and copying. The Power Custom would be the easiest to copy. You can also rent the MGW wrench and the appropriate insert from 4D Reamer rentals - https://4drentals.com/product/revolver-wrench-frame/ https://4drentals.com/product/single-action-mgw-revolver-wrench-insert/ You can make barrel blocks from a piece of oak with a barrel sized hole, then split down the middle to clamp in your vise.

 

[WestKentucky]

Hmmm. Luckily I have a good bit of delrin laying around. This is an option. I was thinking of something very similar, but this is easy enough to copy so it’s gonna happen.