Stainless Steel Barrel Vs Blued Barrel

Onmilo may 2 2008 2.

Stainless steel barrel vs blued barrel.

Sulfur is added to some barrel stainless steel to improve chip formation during machining. It has the nasty side effect of weakening the steel though by creating pints that can allow fractures to start. Supposedly a stainless barrel will shoot cold to poa better than a moly bbl. The stiffness is nearly identical if anything the stainless will be ever so slightly less stiff.

Watching from a distance we could see it light up. I use but never abuse them. 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. Jul 21 2007 messages.

But is having a stainless gun with synthetic stock really needed even in rain. Is there a difference in performance or quality btwn the two or just pesonal preferance. 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.

My gunsmith does rust blueing and put a custom quality barrel on my sons p h mauser 98 in 243. A stainless barrel will disperse heat the same as a blued barrel nor will it heat up any slower. I view my rifles as tools. It comes in either blued blk barrel or stainless steel barrel.

Hunters have been successfully. 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.