Serious, thats what a bad chamber looks like? No really I don't have the experience with aftermarket barrels to know. I've only had one other barrel job done and a gunsmith did the install. Maybe I should get a bore scope so I can see it properly. And how do I measure the chamber for runout?
How would you guys feel about recieving your custom barrel with rust on it?
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Serious, thats what a bad chamber looks like? No really I don't have the experience with aftermarket barrels to know. I've only had one other barrel job done and a gunsmith did the install. Maybe I should get a bore scope so I can see it properly. And how do I measure the chamber for runout?
If there any visible grooves in the chamber (in the pictures there seems to be) bring it to a good gun smith and have him check the whole barrel or bring it there any way to check it. Most guys that chamber lots of barrels will use dull reamers which can cause this ,you will not be able to check the run out at home with out the proper equipment , sorry didn't mean to scare but if a guy lets a barrel go out of his shop like this its never good and most likely reflect the rest of his work.Do your fired rounds have slight indents of grooves? if yes the chamber will also!
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The picture isn't lying...those are very faint grooves in the chamber. I was waiting for someone to comment, I was expecting it look polished, or very smooth at least.
In time maybe. I've been expecting a pm from the guy....I'm sure he's watching this thread.
I know it won't hurt accuracy, it's just that when combined with the rust and the fact that I waited a year for best of the best quality...you know kind of like buying a Ferrari but then the guy delivers a Fiero with a body kit.
Cameras always greatly enhance any slight irregularities and make color variations on a smooth surface look like a rough finish/gouges, steel is horrible for it. I know as I've taken a few of pictures of machined parts, when allowed anyway...
Those pictures are nothing to base any proper judgement as to machining quality on. Yes it doesn't look great, but pictures make it look a lot worse than it likely is.
No excuse for rust though.
Those pictures are nothing to base any proper judgement as to machining quality on. Yes it doesn't look great, but pictures make it look a lot worse than it likely is.
No excuse for rust though.
There is no way I would have ever shot a single round through it. It would have been back in the mail and I would have been demanding a new one or a refund. If paid by credit card, I would have called the credit card company and reported the charge as fraudulent based on the fact the product received was not what you paid for, therefore, you never received what you paid for.
I confess to being very picky when buying either high end or custom firearms. I would have taken this up with the vendor and if I had not received satisfaction I would have reviewed the product here and named names.
the OP is a bit of a chicken pooper, maybe he should come clean and tell us the details of the transaction,
1. prefit or regular barrel blank
2. what manufacture (I cannot believe a kreiger has no markings whatsoever unless the provider chambered it up and at that point why did he not get a sliver of the barrel---the part with the info on it,seems standard practice)
3. better communication as I am now starting to distrust the OP, seems to want to get info and sympathy on his side without providing deatils, NOT SURE I WOULD WANT HIM AS A CUSTOMER, another internet guru in the making,
come clean or go home
Jefferson (and yes over the last couple of decades I have imported and sold or used over 150 barrels)
1. prefit or regular barrel blank
2. what manufacture (I cannot believe a kreiger has no markings whatsoever unless the provider chambered it up and at that point why did he not get a sliver of the barrel---the part with the info on it,seems standard practice)
3. better communication as I am now starting to distrust the OP, seems to want to get info and sympathy on his side without providing deatils, NOT SURE I WOULD WANT HIM AS A CUSTOMER, another internet guru in the making,
come clean or go home
Jefferson (and yes over the last couple of decades I have imported and sold or used over 150 barrels)
Wow what a response! You wouldn't like me as a customer? Why cause I question when I get substandard items or service?
It is a prefit savage, I ordered a kreiger, 8 twist, chambered in .223, throated for the 75 amax, the dealer did the machining and I had eggs for breakfast. Anything else you want to know?
Maybe direct your questions to the OP if you want answers...and what do in the rifle barrel world? I would like to know so I can be sure to avoid it.
I think he ordered a blank then cut the chamber, threaded, cut to length and crowned. He may have even had to turn it down to get it to match large shank savage before threading. I don't think Kreiger offers prefit barrels, Is it not still a prefit coming from a dealer that has it machined? He only sent a barrel, didn't send him an action to work with so I'm thinking yes right.
Like some mentioned the chamber does look a bit on the rough side I see that to , do the casings extract good or are they sticky sometimes and are there any rings on the brass once fired.
To be honest a chromoly barrel needs a finish applied anyways so a bit of rust needs to be cleaned up anyway chances are the barrel is good you just haven't tuned it yet.
I'm quite certain the barrel came from the same guy we have gotten a few barrels from the past few years and the ones we got were similar in appearance , one needed the chamber polished up cause it was just not extracting well and the exterior needed work.
However they all shot good after a bit of work ,everything was straight and the crowns were good .
To be honest a chromoly barrel needs a finish applied anyways so a bit of rust needs to be cleaned up anyway chances are the barrel is good you just haven't tuned it yet.
I'm quite certain the barrel came from the same guy we have gotten a few barrels from the past few years and the ones we got were similar in appearance , one needed the chamber polished up cause it was just not extracting well and the exterior needed work.
However they all shot good after a bit of work ,everything was straight and the crowns were good .
