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I do have a project. Recently picked up a stripped 1898 receiver and have had a Criterion carbine barrel that's been sitting on a shelf for a few years. That wrench would be far simpler to fabricate. And it looks like the handle is aluminum stock rather than steel. My other thought was to possibly s...

I've seen that one and trying to make it using hand tools is plan B. Unfortunately the machinists I know are all retired.

Does anyone happen to have a source for an action wrench that I can purchase/rent before trying to fashion one from a 1.25"-7 nut? Which wouldn't be so bad if I had a mill rather than just a Dremel, hacksaw, files, and sandpaper.

Thanks for the advice and sorry for being so late getting back -- been a crazy couple of weeks. I did have a local 'smith silver solder the front sight base onto the barrel but the project may be delayed until I come up with some distilled water to rust blue the barrel.<br /><br />I agree that prope...

Does anyone have a source for a proper action wrench? I've done a bit of searching but have come up with -- nothing...