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Chromoly or Stainless?
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<blockquote data-quote="65WSM" data-source="post: 2299011" data-attributes="member: 9551"><p>Why cerekote? Why not nitrocarburized? That will stretch the hardness to near the limit of being measured, 70. The barrel will be slicker inside and increase the life. I have 16 nitrocarburized barrels including on twos wildcat that is the ballistic equivalent of the .22 Creedmore. I have worn out 5 nitrocarburized barrels. You can use either Chrome Moly or Stainless steel. I had a nitrocarburized .224 barrel delivered by UPS. It was loose in the box. The driver tilted the box and the barrel hit the concrete right in front of me from the back of the truck. It made a memorable ring and left a dent in the concrete. I brushed the concrete dust off the muzzle and couldn't see any damage at all. I don't know how many times it hit the pavement while UPS had it. Try that with your cerekote. I have a friend in Sitka. I traded rifles with him. He reports that the nitrocarburized barrel on the .22-250 Ackley has held up well, in and out of an open boat and surf on Baranoff Island. He lost overboard another rifle that I traded to him. He has been a good salt spray tester.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="65WSM, post: 2299011, member: 9551"] Why cerekote? Why not nitrocarburized? That will stretch the hardness to near the limit of being measured, 70. The barrel will be slicker inside and increase the life. I have 16 nitrocarburized barrels including on twos wildcat that is the ballistic equivalent of the .22 Creedmore. I have worn out 5 nitrocarburized barrels. You can use either Chrome Moly or Stainless steel. I had a nitrocarburized .224 barrel delivered by UPS. It was loose in the box. The driver tilted the box and the barrel hit the concrete right in front of me from the back of the truck. It made a memorable ring and left a dent in the concrete. I brushed the concrete dust off the muzzle and couldn't see any damage at all. I don't know how many times it hit the pavement while UPS had it. Try that with your cerekote. I have a friend in Sitka. I traded rifles with him. He reports that the nitrocarburized barrel on the .22-250 Ackley has held up well, in and out of an open boat and surf on Baranoff Island. He lost overboard another rifle that I traded to him. He has been a good salt spray tester. [/QUOTE]
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