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Melonite Process
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<blockquote data-quote="Cold Trigger Finger" data-source="post: 956833" data-attributes="member: 56732"><p>So if a guy wanted to make the best of the best with whichever action and barrel he chose, he should have all the machine work completed then have the barrel and action Cryonized then have the barrel, reciever and bolt body Melonited . . As long as the metal work in the barrel and action ( blue printing, lugs lapped) ahead of time it seems the longevity would be at maximum a guy could expect. And when the barrel was changed the action would not need anything done to it. </p><p></p><p> On my stainless Ruger M77 mk2 that started life as a 338 then after about 2,000 rounds I had it rebarreled to 458 Win Mag and shot around another 2,000 rounds thru it . The head space has grown to over max. I would say conservatively I've cycled the action 20,000 times. So I want to avoid that on a custom build.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cold Trigger Finger, post: 956833, member: 56732"] So if a guy wanted to make the best of the best with whichever action and barrel he chose, he should have all the machine work completed then have the barrel and action Cryonized then have the barrel, reciever and bolt body Melonited . . As long as the metal work in the barrel and action ( blue printing, lugs lapped) ahead of time it seems the longevity would be at maximum a guy could expect. And when the barrel was changed the action would not need anything done to it. On my stainless Ruger M77 mk2 that started life as a 338 then after about 2,000 rounds I had it rebarreled to 458 Win Mag and shot around another 2,000 rounds thru it . The head space has grown to over max. I would say conservatively I've cycled the action 20,000 times. So I want to avoid that on a custom build. [/QUOTE]
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