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Barrel stuck SX3

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#1 ·
I am pretty good about keeping my guns clean but this one has me stumped. After my last hunt I cant pull off the barrel on my Winchester SX3. I have tried a solvent, gun oil etc.. and it still will not come apart. I am a little leery of using a mallet to help separate the barrel from the reciever. Any tips?
 
#2 ·
Pull the bolt back until it locks open, have a friend pull on the barrel, then push the bolt release button to let the bolt slam forward. You may have to do this a half dozen times, maybe more, but this is how I have been able to safely remove a stuck barrel from the receiver...

Safety rules apply here, make sure both the chamber and magazine are empty before doing this...
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#3 ·
Get somebody to hold the butt while you pull and rock the barrel side to side. FWIW, the culprit will be the channel for the rubber O ring in the barrel ring that slides over the magazine. I'd order a new o-ring and replace it after cleaning. You'll need to pull the o ring out and take a dental pick or something and aggressively scrape the carbon fouling that has built up in the o ring channel. That's where your problem is. Pretty common.
 
#4 ·
cannon said:
Get somebody to hold the butt while you pull and rock the barrel side to side. FWIW, the culprit will be the channel for the rubber O ring in the barrel ring that slides over the magazine. I'd order a new o-ring and replace it after cleaning. You'll need to pull the o ring out and take a dental pick or something and aggressively scrape the carbon fouling that has built up in the o ring channel. That's where your problem is. Pretty common.
Cannon nailed it.

Had a buddy who had to pry the barrel off his SX2 by forcing a screwdriver between the end of the rib and the receiver. He thought the barrel was sticking in the receiver. When I started looking at it, it was obvious the O-ring that Cannon mentioned was the problem. That portion of the gun had not been cleaned in 10 years of heavy waterfowl work. The gun still functioned, though.....
I had a spare O-ring for my Gold that was the same size, and after removing the old O-ring (in pieces), cleaning out the groove, and installing a new O-ring, the barrel would slip on and off easily.
 
#7 ·
Pecski said:
I have a sx2 that is having the same problem this year. is the O Ring in those guns as well?
Yes. The ring attached to the barrel that slides over the magazine tube has a groove in it just in front of the gas ports. You can order replacements from browning. Crap gets built up underneath that o ring, which causes constriction around the magazine tube. You'll need to scrape the carbon fouling pretty vigorously with some sort of metal or abrasive pick type object to clean it up.
 
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Pecski said:
I have a sx2 that is having the same problem this year. is the O Ring in those guns as well?
mudpack said:
Had a buddy who had to pry the barrel off his SX2 by forcing a screwdriver between the end of the rib and the receiver. He thought the barrel was sticking in the receiver. When I started looking at it, it was obvious the O-ring that Cannon mentioned was the problem. That portion of the gun had not been cleaned in 10 years of heavy waterfowl work. The gun still functioned, though.....
I had a spare O-ring for my Gold that was the same size, and after removing the old O-ring (in pieces), cleaning out the groove, and installing a new O-ring, the barrel would slip on and off easily.
 
#9 ·
HA!--Went thru it with mine to. I bought this Gun New in 2003 SX2.
I tied a rope to my ATV Rack and to the Rib and Yanked that Pric# apart.
Also at the Time it wasn't ejecting properly.
I cleaned the gun head to toe. I still wasn't impressed.
I sent it in to Browning and Explained ALL Issues with it.
They had to Replace some parts and worked on the Barrel Issue.
I'm VERY Happy with it!!
 
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