How do you change bbls on your action? Thinking there should be an easier way than how I do mine. I clamp my barrel in an oak block and use an action wrench with a support block in my highwall action. I have witness marks on my barrels and also use two small levels.

CPA--
I have 3  Just great #1 has 5 different tubes, #2 has 3 tubes, and #3 is still a 1 tube rifle,,
they ran from 22lr, 25-20ss, 32-40 38-55 45-90 and 32 miller short..

    Best-shooting switch-bbl rifle I have is a Stiegele (German) with a split receiver and a cross screw to clamp the threads onto the bbl threads.  I have always been leery of the set-screws in the CPA's, but the several of them that I have had have been good shooters, nevertheless.
     Harold Vaughn in his book "Rifle Accuracy Facts" goes into the question of barrel attachment in considerable detail, and is worth consulting.  He has measured the amount of barrel movement in receiver threads when the rifle is fired, and demonstrates that the limitation that one runs into is the strength of the materials of which the bbl and receiver are made.

CHRIS
RGChristensen

It's easy on my Maynard, open the action, turn the lever axis pin downward then pull it to the right, lift the barrel/lever assy from the frame. Place it aside. Pick up the next barrel/lever assy. Drop the lever through the rectangular hole in the frame, slide the front lug of the barrel onto the front pivot screw and slide the lever axis pin back into position through the hole in the lever. Close the action and you're ready to go, 20 seconds changeover time.

I clamp my barrel in an oak block and use an action wrench with a support block in my highwall action.
you might consider a take-down action for an 1885.

My BSA #7 takes down the same as Chris's, split receiver with clamp screw.

Aaron