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May 21, 2014
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While changing barrels I accidentally put the barrel nut on backwards and now it's stuck! Short of going to the gunsmith is there anything I can do to remedy this? Thanks for your help and apologies for being dumb!
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November 17, 2008
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Sounds like something I would do. A few thoughts, A magnet, a sharp ice pick /awl, Or if it is a small frame, force a wooden dowel or similar in the barrel and unscrew the barrel from the frame. Good luck
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February 21, 2011
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Heat the barrel & shroud with a hair dryer set to HOT & HIGH. This will loosen the tension a bit as the metal expands.
Now get a small piece of rubber. Cut to shape of your palm. Push down hard while turning to loosen the nut. There are even "jar opening mats" sold in supermarkets.
Maybe an eraser will work as well or even better?
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March 25, 2013
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Just a thought but a potato pushed into the barrel and turned may do it. Maybe after heating it. I have done that once too.
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March 25, 2013
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Heating the barrel, not the potato. I have put the nut in backwards, not tried the potato, jeeze , my brain ain't right today.
April 28, 2014
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Well, Shirley 
the nut is still proud of the shroud. All you need is maybe a little penetrating oil for lube, maybe the "jar opening mat" mentioned above or something similar and a flat piece of metal, plastic, wood, what have you so you can keep the rubber parallel to the nut. Push hard and turn. Lefty loosey. <running and ducking>
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June 25, 2013
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DWAFIC said
While changing barrels I accidentally put the barrel nut on backwards and now it's stuck! Short of going to the gunsmith is there anything I can do to remedy this? Thanks for your help and apologies for being dumb!
Guess what! Your answer maybe in the FAQ's tab under maintenance.
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Press on regardless.
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May 15, 2014
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DWAFIC said
While changing barrels I accidentally put the barrel nut on backwards and now it's stuck! Short of going to the gunsmith is there anything I can do to remedy this? Thanks for your help and apologies for being dumb!
I can't understand how the nut was screwed on left handed.
Is it possible it was fitted correct and now you're trying to
remove it the wrong way?
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February 21, 2011
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I think he's saying it was put on "inside out" with the cuts for the tool concealed & the smooth "inner" surface facing out, not reverse threaded.
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“I said I never had much use for one. Never said
I didn't know how to use it.”
May 21, 2014
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Thank you all for your help, the jar-opening mat worked like a charm! Lesson learned, won't do that again!
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March 25, 2013
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Not as bad as not watching where you are going and ending up in Mexico!!! Our Commander in Chief dropped the ball on that one. Instead of two pairs of slots on the new screws, CZ/DW ought to make barrel nuts with one pair of slots on each end.
February 21, 2011
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There's an idea for a new EWK product! Nuts with 2 slots each end offset at 90 degrees so as not to weaken the design.
Oh Eric.......
Matthew Quigley on handguns:
“I said I never had much use for one. Never said
I didn't know how to use it.”
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