Bull Nutria
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After a little reasearch on the high road and elsewhere this is how i did it:
My buddy had a stuck mod tube in his 2000. the dinky blade wrench that came with it only buggered the wrench slots so a rem choke wrench would not fit in it. However i tried the rem wrench in a loose choke tube and it fit perfectly, i had read that a 3/8 socket extension fits in the center of the Rem wrench. well after soaking, freezing ,heating, it would not come out. so i wrapped the barrel in a towel.placed the barrel in my vise, them tapped the rem wrench into the buggered wrench slots. inserted the rachet extension and applied even square force. well it budged. i applied aerokroil, began working it back and forth . it was really tight. i got about 3 threads out of the bore before the wrench slots gave way. luckily i was able to turn it the rest of way out with vise grips. ruined the choke tube.
i cleaned the threads greased the other 3 tubes with Hoppes grease and inserted each one. they are still way too tight. the mod tube that caused the trouble was not corroded. it looked like it was threaded passed the choke tube threads! I think steel shot may have peened the tube into the barrel threads(steel too soft in tube i supposed.) I read that stuck chokes are fairly common with this model.
i am going to reccomend that this barrel go back to Stoeger on warranty, No choke tube should be that tight.
Bull
My buddy had a stuck mod tube in his 2000. the dinky blade wrench that came with it only buggered the wrench slots so a rem choke wrench would not fit in it. However i tried the rem wrench in a loose choke tube and it fit perfectly, i had read that a 3/8 socket extension fits in the center of the Rem wrench. well after soaking, freezing ,heating, it would not come out. so i wrapped the barrel in a towel.placed the barrel in my vise, them tapped the rem wrench into the buggered wrench slots. inserted the rachet extension and applied even square force. well it budged. i applied aerokroil, began working it back and forth . it was really tight. i got about 3 threads out of the bore before the wrench slots gave way. luckily i was able to turn it the rest of way out with vise grips. ruined the choke tube.
i cleaned the threads greased the other 3 tubes with Hoppes grease and inserted each one. they are still way too tight. the mod tube that caused the trouble was not corroded. it looked like it was threaded passed the choke tube threads! I think steel shot may have peened the tube into the barrel threads(steel too soft in tube i supposed.) I read that stuck chokes are fairly common with this model.
i am going to reccomend that this barrel go back to Stoeger on warranty, No choke tube should be that tight.
Bull