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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 144857" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p>I have used a couple BlackStar barrels and they are a little harder to work with but once you get it figured out its no big deal. The 17-4 isin't that much harder , its not going to eat up the tools as bad as your thinking as long as they are kept cool and lubed. I persoanly think that M2 tool steel is harder to machine.</p><p></p><p>On anohter note , before you dump a pile of money into your new project make sure that you speak with Mike at ABS and get his imput on it and what your wanting to do becauseif you get say a #7 barrel cut with the bore you want then have either Mike or anybody else turn it down to the conture it need to be for carbon wrapping then your likly to end up with a turd tomato stake for a barrel because the bore is gonna move when the profile is turned down that far.</p><p></p><p>It sounds like a hell of a plan , if you get this material to last like you expect and Bartlin will cut the poly bore I would have no problem buying one for $500 , I think that you could push bullets alot faster in a poly barrel than a conventional rifled barrel without them comming appart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 144857, member: 8843"] I have used a couple BlackStar barrels and they are a little harder to work with but once you get it figured out its no big deal. The 17-4 isin't that much harder , its not going to eat up the tools as bad as your thinking as long as they are kept cool and lubed. I persoanly think that M2 tool steel is harder to machine. On anohter note , before you dump a pile of money into your new project make sure that you speak with Mike at ABS and get his imput on it and what your wanting to do becauseif you get say a #7 barrel cut with the bore you want then have either Mike or anybody else turn it down to the conture it need to be for carbon wrapping then your likly to end up with a turd tomato stake for a barrel because the bore is gonna move when the profile is turned down that far. It sounds like a hell of a plan , if you get this material to last like you expect and Bartlin will cut the poly bore I would have no problem buying one for $500 , I think that you could push bullets alot faster in a poly barrel than a conventional rifled barrel without them comming appart. [/QUOTE]
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