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Where to get my barreled action Black Nitrided
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1257106" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>Some custom action manufactures have their actions Melonite/Black Nitride treated. Overall, custom actions are "slicker" than commercial actions, like Rem. 700s or Savages. A nitride surface has an increased 'slickness' to it. I see no strength advantage in having a commercial action treated, they are plenty strong enough to begin with. By the time you'd have a commercial action polished up, to be a slick as a custom action, and had a custom bolt fit to it so it would be as tight as a custom action,, you might as well have purchased a custom action to begin with. I've never, personally, 'worn out' a commercial action.. From the original post, it appears 'cosmetics' is his only concern. It comes from too much interdnet. CM barrels and actions are 'blued' while assembled. That is the only way the 'color' of the bluing will match on both pieces. You could dis-assemble the barrel and action and blue them in the same tank and the colors would match, but you'd risk molesting the finish when they are assembled. If you have a barrel and action nitride they will need to be dis-assembled for treatment and then reassembled. True, the finish left behind by nitriding is 'tougher' than conventional bluing (black oxide). Some slow rust blues come so close to matching a black nitride finish only a very discriminating eye can see the difference. And, some how, we keep looking at 'price' without considering shipping cost both ways. If all the OP is looking for is "color", have a local 'smith Ceracoat it and be done with it. Maybe he thinks nitriding is just a lower cost option of "having the colors on both the barrel and action 'match' (what about the bottom metal?!). I'll go ahead and point out, that if you are having a barrel nitride to increase longevity it would make NO SENSE to have the blank nitride treated and then cut the chamber (and threads and crown) with a carbide reamer. It would defeat the purpose of nitride treating as the throat of the chamber would have the treated surface removed, thus allowing normal wear to take place...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1257106, member: 24284"] Some custom action manufactures have their actions Melonite/Black Nitride treated. Overall, custom actions are "slicker" than commercial actions, like Rem. 700s or Savages. A nitride surface has an increased 'slickness' to it. I see no strength advantage in having a commercial action treated, they are plenty strong enough to begin with. By the time you'd have a commercial action polished up, to be a slick as a custom action, and had a custom bolt fit to it so it would be as tight as a custom action,, you might as well have purchased a custom action to begin with. I've never, personally, 'worn out' a commercial action.. From the original post, it appears 'cosmetics' is his only concern. It comes from too much interdnet. CM barrels and actions are 'blued' while assembled. That is the only way the 'color' of the bluing will match on both pieces. You could dis-assemble the barrel and action and blue them in the same tank and the colors would match, but you'd risk molesting the finish when they are assembled. If you have a barrel and action nitride they will need to be dis-assembled for treatment and then reassembled. True, the finish left behind by nitriding is 'tougher' than conventional bluing (black oxide). Some slow rust blues come so close to matching a black nitride finish only a very discriminating eye can see the difference. And, some how, we keep looking at 'price' without considering shipping cost both ways. If all the OP is looking for is "color", have a local 'smith Ceracoat it and be done with it. Maybe he thinks nitriding is just a lower cost option of "having the colors on both the barrel and action 'match' (what about the bottom metal?!). I'll go ahead and point out, that if you are having a barrel nitride to increase longevity it would make NO SENSE to have the blank nitride treated and then cut the chamber (and threads and crown) with a carbide reamer. It would defeat the purpose of nitride treating as the throat of the chamber would have the treated surface removed, thus allowing normal wear to take place... [/QUOTE]
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