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Lothar Walther vs Krieger barrels
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1082847" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>Made from LW19 steel, whatever that grade compares to. It's a secret, I guess. Harder to machine, use higher RPM and a bit lower feed with muzzle flush coolant system. Good luck, if time is a constraint, if you chamber the "old fashioned" way (peck, withdraw reamer, brush away chips, re-oil, peck again). No offense intended toward the European board members, but European manufactures seem to be the most difficult to deal with, here in the USA. They're not forth coming with information and it can be nearly impossible to obtain repair parts (most anything imported by Beretta USA). US barrel makers freely state what steel is used, and regardless of how we feel sometimes, firearms manufactures make their repair parts available to the market. I go with a Krieger barrel over a Walther twice a day, every day of the week. The Krieger is cut rifled and the Lothar Walther is button rifled, not that I have any bias against button rifled barrels. If I have any doubts about longevity, I have the finished barrel Melonite/Black Nitrided. If I'm expected to machine it, tell me what grade of material it is (in terms that are familar, not some 'secret' code).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1082847, member: 24284"] Made from LW19 steel, whatever that grade compares to. It's a secret, I guess. Harder to machine, use higher RPM and a bit lower feed with muzzle flush coolant system. Good luck, if time is a constraint, if you chamber the "old fashioned" way (peck, withdraw reamer, brush away chips, re-oil, peck again). No offense intended toward the European board members, but European manufactures seem to be the most difficult to deal with, here in the USA. They're not forth coming with information and it can be nearly impossible to obtain repair parts (most anything imported by Beretta USA). US barrel makers freely state what steel is used, and regardless of how we feel sometimes, firearms manufactures make their repair parts available to the market. I go with a Krieger barrel over a Walther twice a day, every day of the week. The Krieger is cut rifled and the Lothar Walther is button rifled, not that I have any bias against button rifled barrels. If I have any doubts about longevity, I have the finished barrel Melonite/Black Nitrided. If I'm expected to machine it, tell me what grade of material it is (in terms that are familar, not some 'secret' code). [/QUOTE]
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