No, don't focus on the word dud so much. It was a squib load. Projectile 2/3 way down the barrel. Odd report. I was just too late to stop with my quick followup during the SD drill. The followup shot, I'm sure, is what did the barrel in. Bad surplus ammo issue would have been a better statement. But hey... It's all that was available to me. The rest of the rounds have been discarded.
Drifting the pin out isn't bad at all. One sharp whack to get it started. small taps afterwards to drive it all the way out. Pressing the barrel out was fairly easy as well. A block of wood that I had counterbored a bit was placed over the muzzle. Another sharp whack to get is broke loose. Once I saw that the barrel moved a bit by looking in the hole where the pin goes, I used my wood working vise and dogs to press it out. A metal tube was placed over the chamber area for the barrel to slide into and support the frame while I was pressing it out. The bulge in the barrel got in the way so I tapped the barrel in a bit and cut it off. Then I continued to press it out until it became free. After the chamber area is clear of the frame, it moves freely for further removal.
I just need to come up with a tool/jig of sorts to press the new barrel back in. I was hoping someone who has changed barrels would chime in on the method they used to do this, commenting on aligning the new barrel, pressing in, drilling it etc. Right now I'm thinking a piece of phenolic square stock resting on the chamber end as a pusher block and another tube that fits over the barrel muzzle to rest on the frame.
