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Ideal Barrel for the .308..?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 432741" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>That being said, the action is probably OK, but as I said it would still go back to Savage for a better look see. The barrel will be junk from the centeralized heat in the middle of the barrel. (real bad if it's stainless steel). Also it only takes about 700 degrees to start the long term draw back of the heat treat quality (long term). Then if the rifle was hit with anykind of a hard quench (water?) you could well have created cracks in the sharp corners on the action. I just would not chance it, and the look see will be cheap insurance. 4350 Steel is not like hot rolled steel</p><p> </p><p> Think about this; I used to work for a man that had a house fire. In the fire was a Browning Superposed shotgun that came out of Belgum and was one of their hand built guns. He asked me to look at it, and I told Tony it looked to me like the onlything it need was a refinish on the barrels and some new wood. I had him take over to guy that works on nothing but double rifles and shotguns, and is regarded as one of the very best smiths in North America. Eric looked it over, and then said right up front the barrels were junk. The reciever block looked fine to me, but he felt that there was something not right with the way it felt. Turned out that it had warped about .02" (he caught it in the pin holes being missaligned). They packed it up and sent it back to Browning for their opinions (as the insurance company was footing the bill). A year later Tony got a new Superposed identical to otherone (I maybe wrong, but think it has the same S/N). Erick said that if he'd shot that gun, it would have had a massive barrel failure. I never saw the letter Browning sent Tony explaining what they found, but I know they felt it had an unsafe reciever block. </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 432741, member: 25383"] That being said, the action is probably OK, but as I said it would still go back to Savage for a better look see. The barrel will be junk from the centeralized heat in the middle of the barrel. (real bad if it's stainless steel). Also it only takes about 700 degrees to start the long term draw back of the heat treat quality (long term). Then if the rifle was hit with anykind of a hard quench (water?) you could well have created cracks in the sharp corners on the action. I just would not chance it, and the look see will be cheap insurance. 4350 Steel is not like hot rolled steel Think about this; I used to work for a man that had a house fire. In the fire was a Browning Superposed shotgun that came out of Belgum and was one of their hand built guns. He asked me to look at it, and I told Tony it looked to me like the onlything it need was a refinish on the barrels and some new wood. I had him take over to guy that works on nothing but double rifles and shotguns, and is regarded as one of the very best smiths in North America. Eric looked it over, and then said right up front the barrels were junk. The reciever block looked fine to me, but he felt that there was something not right with the way it felt. Turned out that it had warped about .02" (he caught it in the pin holes being missaligned). They packed it up and sent it back to Browning for their opinions (as the insurance company was footing the bill). A year later Tony got a new Superposed identical to otherone (I maybe wrong, but think it has the same S/N). Erick said that if he'd shot that gun, it would have had a massive barrel failure. I never saw the letter Browning sent Tony explaining what they found, but I know they felt it had an unsafe reciever block. gary [/QUOTE]
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