Article on barrel manufacturing

[Until the Angels Fall]

I've never EVER broken in a barrel on any gun...I just shoot it then clean it when I get home. That bad? LOL

 

[burnt_servo]

I don't understand how a softer metal (copper) can dent a harder metal (stainless).

a more dramatic way of looking at is this .... ever see a barrel shot with mud in the last couple of inches ? ...... it creates a buldge , or " dent "

mud is very soft , but some gets in between the bullet and barrel and it is easier to push into and expand the barrel than it is to compress and squish the bullet .

 

[KDX]

That would create an extreme pressure spike and although I see the point you are trying to make, I don't think it is the same as a tiny copper deposit in a low spot in a barrel.

 

[cmahussier]

Barrel break in.

I too have never properly broke in a barrel. What is the correct wat to do so? Sounds like I will get alot of different ansewers.
Thanks

 

[GunBoy]

Quite good info for precision shooter.

 

[Obtunded]

a more dramatic way of looking at is this .... ever see a barrel shot with mud in the last couple of inches ? ...... it creates a buldge , or " dent "

mud is very soft , but some gets in between the bullet and barrel and it is easier to push into and expand the barrel than it is to compress and squish the bullet .

No... mud contains water. Water does not compress. Mud holds a layer of water against the bore.

There is a whole whack of difference between mud (barel obstruction) and a molecules-thick layer of copper

 

[Slavex]

I'll put my hammer forged Sako barrel up against that Savage any day. Properly done, as Sako does, hammer forging produces some of the most consistent barrels available. And there is a very good market for them as well.

 

[guntech]

Remington hammer forges their barrels... and they have been excellent for accuracy as a factory rifle.

The biggest reason a custom barrel maker would not hammer forge is the huge investment in equipment and space required... and no need to be able to produce a barrel in literally seconds ...

 

[Leeper]

Copper is not really compressible either; if it is contained. I have looked at dents in rifle bores created by jacket fouling and by unburned ball powder.
I have filled in rust pits in a chamber with soft solder and it worked reasonably well, for a time. Confined, the soft solder would not compress. Regards, Bill.