Nitride (another good reason)

[elkaholic]

I just spent one of the wettest hunting trips ever with a new record rainfall set for October in N. Id. Everything in camp, including the rifles, was saturated. When I got home, I quickly tore down the rifles and cleaned the bores. Most of you know that nitride is very hard and slick and can increase velocity as well as clean easier. Here is an added benefit that I believe is equally important. The first pic is a cm barrel on a stock 700 Remington and the second is a cm Brux nitrided on my 270 SS. These patches were the first pass through with Kroil. The 4th patch on the Remington still looked rusty! The Remington would be junk if not cleaned very promptly!

 

[WildRose]

I just spent one of the wettest hunting trips ever with a new record rainfall set for October in N. Id. Everything in camp, including the rifles, was saturated. When I got home, I quickly tore down the rifles and cleaned the bores. Most of you know that nitride is very hard and slick and can increase velocity as well as clean easier. Here is an added benefit that I believe is equally important. The first pic is a cm barrel on a stock 700 Remington and the second is a cm Brux nitrided on my 270 SS. These patches were the first pass through with Kroil. The 4th patch on the Remington still looked rusty! The Remington would be junk if not cleaned very promptly!
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That's why I always kept rust preventer in and on CM barrels.

Nitriding eliminates any concerns about rust.

I would still keep a very light film of oil inside the barrel though because a dry barrel (no oil) that has any water in it makes increases rather than decreasing friction. Even wet steel rubbing on steel under pressure causes excessive wear, add to that the heat and pressure of a round being fired.

Whenever I put a rifle up for a few days I run a slightly dampened patch with machinegunners lube on it through the bore and let it set for a bit then run one dry patch through to remove excess.

 

[elkaholic]

That's why I always kept rust preventer in and on CM barrels.

Nitriding eliminates any concerns about rust.

I would still keep a very light film of oil inside the barrel though because a dry barrel (no oil) that has any water in it makes increases rather than decreasing friction. Even wet steel rubbing on steel under pressure causes excessive wear, add to that the heat and pressure of a round being fired.

Whenever I put a rifle up for a few days I run a slightly dampened patch with machinegunners lube on it through the bore and let it set for a bit then run one dry patch through to remove excess.

I leave a little Kroil on the last patch or a light coat of Remoil works well too.

 

[TC338]

Who did the nitride on your barrel?