Pressing Barrel

The Walt-Oxie adjustable jig - one of the best, low-cost jig to press a barrel:

Examples of machined (non-adjustable) pressing tools:

Working example from my Plum kit.  Note that in order for the press to clear the receiver, I ground off the sides of the press block to form a "finger" that mates to the rear of the trunion:

I tried it like this first, and had no success:

Finally, I tried it with the receiver upside down, and everything "just worked":

Nearly complete. Once the barrel starts moving on these '74 kits, the barrel goes in with nearly no effort. No barrel lube is needed: