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Is it possible to damage or affect the accuracy of a barrel by black nitriding it?
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<blockquote data-quote="freddogs" data-source="post: 1794406" data-attributes="member: 23463"><p>I'm not an expert on barrel nitriding but I worked for years building machine tools. Most tools were nitrided. One of my jobs was to straighten the tools after nitriding.</p><p>Nitriding brings the chromium in the steel to the surface layer about .007 to .010"deep. It's much harder so it's easy to understand why barrels would last longer.</p><p>Cerrakote is like thin paint not affecting the steel.</p><p>If the steel has a lot of stress in it before nitriding sometimes it would distort or if it is loaded in the nitrider with heavy parts on top things sometimes distorted. I have no idea how much distortion there would have to be to affect accuracy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="freddogs, post: 1794406, member: 23463"] I'm not an expert on barrel nitriding but I worked for years building machine tools. Most tools were nitrided. One of my jobs was to straighten the tools after nitriding. Nitriding brings the chromium in the steel to the surface layer about .007 to .010"deep. It's much harder so it's easy to understand why barrels would last longer. Cerrakote is like thin paint not affecting the steel. If the steel has a lot of stress in it before nitriding sometimes it would distort or if it is loaded in the nitrider with heavy parts on top things sometimes distorted. I have no idea how much distortion there would have to be to affect accuracy. [/QUOTE]
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