Hard Chrome?

chuck nelson said:
Does anyone hard chrome rifles in Canada?
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You'll have to define the finish you are looking for?
"Hard Chrome" is a lot of different things to a lot of different people. If you are looking for a Melonite/Tenifer Salt Bath Nitride type process then get in contact with, if memory serves, Western Industrial Heat Treating. They should be around Glenmore and 52?


Someone let us know if Western Industrial Heat Treating is the right place? There is a business card around here somewhere...

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I’m not looking for much. Just a finish that is not painted on, that will take considerable effort to remove, will cover every part, and that will be corrosion proof.
 
You're looking for the same thing as everyone else. Why not just ask how they've made out?
Salt bath nitriding has been done, plenty of times. The issue is the heat involved, and how much you would trust the fella running the thermostat, as well as the barrel contour.

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Wrong handed rifles aren't my thing, so I'll pass. Not sure where you get the $5K from? Aren't those things piles of junk anyway?
Given the quality of said rifle, maybe just rattle can some bed liner on it?


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KS Arms uses “Liquid Nitride Q.P.Q Finish” on their actions - if that finish appeals to you, perhaps they would tell you who they use.
 
Well, LH rifles are my thing, and that is what I have and is what I’m looking to alter and it’s why I started this thread. I’m sorry if they are “not your thing”.
 
The finish on the first 7,700 XCR’s was incredible tough. It had the same goldish hue that electroless nickel has, not the black finish of the next generation of xcrs
 
Yeah the initial silver trinyte was good too. But i don't think they coated the bolt like they do in in the xcr2 black trinyte
 
chuck nelson said:
I would assume it is nowhere near as “corrosion proof” as hard chrome?
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Again, there really is no such thing as "hard chrome' unless you're doing a hydraulic cylinder. The QPQ process, Quench Polish Quench, is another derivative of Salt Bath Nitriding, but uses a different set of chemicals. It isn't much for repelling water, but it is hard, as it is also a thicker coating, and essentially case hardening, as are the others.
As mentioned before, the barrel profile on your "rifle" would be too thin for such a treatment by anyone competent, as the heat levels are very high, and you would risk annealing.
Can't figure out why a "hard charger" such as yourself, who is so "tough" on equipment, wants to try keep rifles looking new? Boots, knives, jackets, and everything else that actually gets used more than 300 yards away from the truck, gets worn out, scratched, and marked up. Why not a rifle?
Routine maintenance solves all of the problems, and Pincher Creek is a long ways from the ocean...

R.
 
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