Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Preferred Barrel Blanks Pre-Fit
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="archangel485" data-source="post: 1993684" data-attributes="member: 97905"><p>[USER=69478]@Jud96[/USER] said it well. And even with the one concern about stress, proper button rifled barrels are stress relieved so even the induced stress becomes a non-issue. Josh from PVA discusses this on his website if you want to read about it. <a href="https://patriotvalleyarms.com/barrels-cut-rifling-vs-button-rifling/" target="_blank">https://patriotvalleyarms.com/barrels-cut-rifling-vs-button-rifling/</a> You could also call and talk to the guy at Keystone, he offers both and would tell you depending on the caliber the cut rifling may last longer, I get the impression he knows his stuff when I talked to him. </p><p></p><p>You'd be surprised how many of the "top" barrel makers do button rifled barrels only. The strange thing is, based on my reading it seems there is a pretty much universal agreement that button rifling is cheaper and easier to do, yet some of the barrel makers who use button rifling charge just as much as say Bartlein and Krieger. Anyways, I have had both, and I currently am shooting a button rifled barrel for one very simple reason, cost. If you look at patriot valley you'll see you get a Rock Creek barrel that PVA contours. If you want cut rifling it's $125 extra. Same idea at Keystone although with Keystone it's 2 different brands (Green mtn button rifling and Krieger cut rifling), so might not be a fair comparison, at PVA it's Rock Creek vs Rock Creek.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archangel485, post: 1993684, member: 97905"] [USER=69478]@Jud96[/USER] said it well. And even with the one concern about stress, proper button rifled barrels are stress relieved so even the induced stress becomes a non-issue. Josh from PVA discusses this on his website if you want to read about it. [URL]https://patriotvalleyarms.com/barrels-cut-rifling-vs-button-rifling/[/URL] You could also call and talk to the guy at Keystone, he offers both and would tell you depending on the caliber the cut rifling may last longer, I get the impression he knows his stuff when I talked to him. You'd be surprised how many of the "top" barrel makers do button rifled barrels only. The strange thing is, based on my reading it seems there is a pretty much universal agreement that button rifling is cheaper and easier to do, yet some of the barrel makers who use button rifling charge just as much as say Bartlein and Krieger. Anyways, I have had both, and I currently am shooting a button rifled barrel for one very simple reason, cost. If you look at patriot valley you'll see you get a Rock Creek barrel that PVA contours. If you want cut rifling it's $125 extra. Same idea at Keystone although with Keystone it's 2 different brands (Green mtn button rifling and Krieger cut rifling), so might not be a fair comparison, at PVA it's Rock Creek vs Rock Creek. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Preferred Barrel Blanks Pre-Fit
Top