kristian55
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What barrels(brand Steel)are set on standard brands Savage 111G 300WM.
Thank you for an answer.
Thank you for an answer.
Hi.I have no idea what brand, but, I am certain it is Certified Ordanance Grade. Made in the U.S.A. (would you want to trust steel made in a third world country in court?). Anybody that makes receivers/actions, barrels, or bolts (the stuff that handles the pressure) has a file cabinet full of certificates and receipts for the raw materials they have purchased and used. It's all about liability.
I got info at the shot show about 25 years ago that ER Shaw made the savage barrels at that time. May or may not have been true and that was a long time ago. You hear a lot of diversion tactics at the shot show but it came from more than one good scource.
Good luck getting an answer from Savage! (the people you should really be directing this question to)
Hi.Sorry, Savage is the only one who would know for sure what the A.I.S.I. number of the steel (what grade) they use in their barrels is, and, what the properties are after heat treatment. Anything else would just be second hand info or a guess. Manufactures don't usually give out such info, instead they may give a 'specification' number. It is an engineering 'specification'. That 'specification' is a set of given properties that the finished product is to have upon completion (hardness, tensile strength, shear strength, durability for a given purpose, machinabilty, ect.,ect.). There are, sometimes, many different grades of steel that will meet that 'specification' with a change in heat treatment. I worked for a bearing manufacturer for quit a few years, the material we made the 'inner' & 'outer' out of, and their heat treatment were considered 'propriety information' to be kept within the company. I can see why companies don't just give out info like that. It is engineering and R&D that they had to pay for, why give it away?
I have no idea what brand, but, I am certain it is Certified Ordanance Grade. Made in the U.S.A. (would you want to trust steel made in a third world country in court?). Anybody that makes receivers/actions, barrels, or bolts (the stuff that handles the pressure) has a file cabinet full of certificates and receipts for the raw materials they have purchased and used. It's all about liability.
Sure, there's some, most likely more than I realize, that comes from over seas. I think the key words here are Third World. It takes some know how and technology to manufacture those 'higher end' steels, or at least, it used to 20 years ago when I was in manufacturing. And we have that ISO tracking. Still, I cannot see any barrel maker giving much more info than "Ordnance grade Chrome Moly or 416 S.S". Just another thread about barrel life!I am in Military Aerospace------foreign sources are standard and even required in some instances so that dog will not hunt.
Sure, there's some, most likely more than I realize, that comes from over seas. I think the key words here are Third World. It takes some know how and technology to manufacture those 'higher end' steels, or at least, it used to 20 years ago when I was in manufacturing. And we have that ISO tracking. Still, I cannot see any barrel maker giving much more info than "Ordnance grade Chrome Moly or 416 S.S". Just another thread about barrel life!