Stainless Steel Barrel Vs Blued Barrel

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Stainless steel barrel vs blued barrel.

I view my rifles as tools. Supposedly a stainless barrel will shoot cold to poa better than a moly bbl. My gunsmith does rust blueing and put a custom quality barrel on my sons p h mauser 98 in 243. Watching from a distance we could see it light up.

It comes in either blued blk barrel or stainless steel barrel. Jul 21 2007 messages. The stiffness is nearly identical if anything the stainless will be ever so slightly less stiff. Sulfur is added to some barrel stainless steel to improve chip formation during machining.

Worrying about someone seeing a stainless gun vs blued is an urban legand and has been disproved many times. Onmilo may 2 2008 2. A really well made carbon steel barrel will usually display a slight advantage in accuracy over a really well made stainless steel barrel but the advantage is so slight that only the most serious target shooter may notice it. It has the nasty side effect of weakening the steel though by creating pints that can allow fractures to start.

I use but never abuse them. But is having a stainless gun with synthetic stock really needed even in rain. It was the grassveldt so there was plenty of sunlight coming from 360 deg. Looking for an accurate 308 under 1k and deciced on the tikka t3 lite.

Ok no doubt stainless guns look more durable than blued. The real advantage is not worrying about rust and it has been thought that stainless barrels last longer because they withstand the eroding effects of.