Stainless/Blued barreled actions

[danebrewer10 6]

Hi all, just something I've been thinking about lately, why would you re-barrel a rifle/do some manufacturers offer blued recievers with stainless barrels? it just seems to me that you have the stainless for corrosion resistance so it would make sense to have both in stainless :wacko: however, the difference in metal does look kinda cool........ (see Kimber 84M Longmaster Classic) Is it mostly for cosmetics or cost saving?

 

Cheers

[RicW 67]

Hi all, just something I've been thinking about lately, why would you re-barrel a rifle/do some manufacturers offer blued recievers with stainless barrels? it just seems to me that you have the stainless for corrosion resistance so it would make sense to have both in stainless :wacko: however, the difference in metal does look kinda cool........ (see Kimber 84M Longmaster Classic) Is it mostly for cosmetics or cost saving?

 

Cheers

 

As I understand stainless resists wear better. Tends to be used in barrel burners - small calibre high velocity steep twist rifles. (.220 Swift leaves barrel at 155,000 rpm). b*****d to machine so not used in actions.

RicW

[Mr_Logic 5]

A gunsmith I was talking to recently said that the wear for each type of barrel is different. A stainless barrel is better for rapid shooting because it resists throat erosion better, but he said that a chrome moly barrel (blued) will generally wear the bore less than the stainless, provided that you don't regularly get it hot.

 

Lilja Barrels' page (http://www.riflebarrels.com/faq_lilja_rifle_barrels.htm) agrees on the throat erosion but doesn't mention the bore.

 

I am no gunsmith so I can only go on what gunsmiths tell me!

[lgray88 4]

Hi all, just something I've been thinking about lately, why would you re-barrel a rifle/do some manufacturers offer blued recievers with stainless barrels? it just seems to me that you have the stainless for corrosion resistance so it would make sense to have both in stainless :wacko: however, the difference in metal does look kinda cool........ (see Kimber 84M Longmaster Classic) Is it mostly for cosmetics or cost saving?

 

Cheers

 

As I understand stainless resists wear better. Tends to be used in barrel burners - small calibre high velocity steep twist rifles. (.220 Swift leaves barrel at 155,000 rpm). b*****d to machine so not used in actions.

RicW

 

I dont know anything about gunsmith work but i thought the machining of stainless was alot easier now not sure about the past but now for barrels etc they add more sulphur i think this makes its grade 416 it is surely softer so it machines better

 

liam

[hughesey1552 0]

Hi all, just something I've been thinking about lately, why would you re-barrel a rifle/do some manufacturers offer blued recievers with stainless barrels? it just seems to me that you have the stainless for corrosion resistance so it would make sense to have both in stainless :wacko: however, the difference in metal does look kinda cool........ (see Kimber 84M Longmaster Classic) Is it mostly for cosmetics or cost saving?

 

Cheers

 

As I understand stainless resists wear better. Tends to be used in barrel burners - small calibre high velocity steep twist rifles. (.220 Swift leaves barrel at 155,000 rpm). b*****d to machine so not used in actions.

RicW

 

I dont know anything about gunsmith work but i thought the machining of stainless was alot easier now not sure about the past but now for barrels etc they add more sulphur i think this makes its grade 416 it is surely softer so it machines better

 

liam

 

Yep 416 is the easiet stainless to machine but is not a corrosion resistant as other grades or SS.

 

Hughesey