Barrel Conditioning "Wow"

[krury]

Forget about it. I use to live close to the U.P. and I like a good cheese curd.

The rifle is no longer keyholing and it will be a fine shooter.

 

[westcliffe01]

Maybe you got some duracoat into the muzzle ? I find it hard to imagine that there is a 223 on the planet that can't stabilize a 40gr Vmax ? I had a Remington with a 1:12 twist and I shot 55gr from that. Now try 75gr + particularly VLD's and it is a different story.

Whichever way, there is no substitute for a proper match barrel. Howa are made in Japan, so they probably beat Remington and Savage handily on quality, but there are no Shilen.

 

[varmintH8R]

Forget about it. I use to live close to the U.P. and I like a good cheese curd

Which side? I am born and raised Michigan dork but am on business in NE Wisconsin this week. Cheese curd abounds!

 

[Joe King]

Corn cob factory barrel, behold:

Do you think any amount of polishing is going to fix this one ? I have heard of this being found on more than 1 6.5mm Savage barrel of late. I own several Savages BTW.. And I have yet to pay more than $350 for a Shilen Select Match barrel to avoid this kind of shite.

And cucumber does not feature in my diet..

Thats what my Daughters Savage looked like! I used the Tubbs FL kit on it, no more file called a barrel, cleans much easier now. lol

 

[sendero72]

My Savage 243 barrel was so bad that Tubb's couldn't fix it. Sent it back to Savage and they replaced the barrel for free.

 

[Talkyn]

Wow! That is some seriously screwed up rifling! That looks like it would be plainly visible to the naked eye.

As for 40 rounds "breaking-in" a barrel from keyhole to bughole.... I don't buy it. Clearly you just experienced it, but something (like cerakote) must have gotten in there.

 

[krury]

That's why the title is wow!
I do stuff ear plugs in the muzzle and foam rubber and frog tape off the inside of the action.
I can't explain it. Just glad it stopped. I have never experienced it.

 

[krury]

That's why the title is wow!
I do stuff ear plugs in the muzzle and foam rubber and frog tape off the inside of the action. I burnished the crown to remove the dura-coat.
I can't explain it. Just glad it stopped. I have never experienced it.

 

[westcliffe01]

Maybe the crown ended up with a little ridge for the paint ? The crown can be very sensitive with flat base bullets.

 

[krury]

Maybe the crown ended up with a little ridge for the paint ? The crown can be very sensitive with flat base bullets.

Let's call it that. But they are boat tails.

 

[westcliffe01]

Your killing me... Since when is a 40gr 223 bullet a boat tail ? I have loaded lots of 55gr Vmax bullets and if there is a boat tail it is smaller than what I can recognize ?

55gr

40gr

Admittedly, the 40gr image shows what looks to be a visible boat tail, but in the 55gr literature they claim a boat tail too...

Oh Well...

 

[krury]

Your killing me... Since when is a 40gr 223 bullet a boat tail ? I have loaded lots of 55gr Vmax bullets and if there is a boat tail it is smaller than what I can recognize ?

55gr

40gr

Admittedly, the 40gr image shows what looks to be a visible boat tail, but in the 55gr literature they claim a boat tail too...

Oh Well...

I don't want to kill you, let's call it a semi-boat tail.