action removal

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Don Rose wrote:

<<I have a very nice coil setter. It consists of a large weight on a bolt and
a *claw* to lift the coils. I have on occasion used it to remove a *tight*
action. Hurray for multipurpose tools!>>

Another tool that is very useful in removing tight actions is the small 5" or
6" vice grips. Turn the adjusting nut so that the jaws are wide apart, and
using it upright and upside down, put one jaw on the end of the action bolt
and the other jaw on the action frame and squeeze, adjust, squeeze. It acts as
a strong but sensitive vice, pulling the action frame to the end of the bolt.
That is generally all that is needed. 

For multipurpose use tools, the vice grips is certainly a contender, if not a
champ.

Bill Simon
Phoenix