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Melonite on SS Action?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 813769" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>My thoughts - you won't be able to true up - blueprint an action after having the melonite treatment because the surface is too hard to cut new barrel threads into. I don't believe the melonite process will weaken the action. Just the opposite. The surface will be hardened, which should help prevent any bolt lug setback, provided the bolt is also melonite treated.</p><p></p><p>BAT actions are quality actions that are trued up straight from the factory, so I don't think there's any concern about them sending out a crooked action from their factory. Which is why they likely aren't concerned about offering the melonite treatment on their actions. On lesser quality actions, I wouldn't melonite the action until I had it trued and blueprinted, or had it checked out by a machinist/gunsmith with the tools to confirm it's a quality action that doesn't need blueprinting.</p><p></p><p>These are just my thoughts. I haven't had this theory confirmed by BAT or any other gunsmith. I have a BAT action in route and I did order it with their melonite treatment option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 813769, member: 4191"] My thoughts - you won't be able to true up - blueprint an action after having the melonite treatment because the surface is too hard to cut new barrel threads into. I don't believe the melonite process will weaken the action. Just the opposite. The surface will be hardened, which should help prevent any bolt lug setback, provided the bolt is also melonite treated. BAT actions are quality actions that are trued up straight from the factory, so I don't think there's any concern about them sending out a crooked action from their factory. Which is why they likely aren't concerned about offering the melonite treatment on their actions. On lesser quality actions, I wouldn't melonite the action until I had it trued and blueprinted, or had it checked out by a machinist/gunsmith with the tools to confirm it's a quality action that doesn't need blueprinting. These are just my thoughts. I haven't had this theory confirmed by BAT or any other gunsmith. I have a BAT action in route and I did order it with their melonite treatment option. [/QUOTE]
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