Rock River Arms Qustions

[smak_daddy]

I am looking at buying the RRA NM A4, or the RRA standard A4.

My primary use of the rifle will be target shooting from 50 - 500 metres. When I feel I have a good load developed and familiarize myself with the gun I may enter into some high power events.

My questions are:

Does the stainless steel Wilson air guaged barrel outperform the Wilson chrome moly Hbar by much?

Can you paint/coat the stainless steel barrel Wilson barrel?

 

[USP]

you can paint/coat a stainless barrel no problem. For simplicity and cheap price, I would try a coat of flat black automtive manifold paint. WHen you use a spray can, flat finishes appear smoother... Plus if you scratch it its cheap to re-coat.

 

[AlwaysPlayin]

I think the stainless barrels tend to be slightly more accurate than the steel or crome barrels. This is not from experience only from what I have been told about target rifles (I am waiting for a stainless RRA 24"). In the end I think either rifle will always out perform my skills but I still went with the stainless.

USP - Should you bead blast the barrel first or will the shiny stainless still take the paint?

 

[USP]

you can blast...or use other media...It depends on what sort of longevity of finish that you are looking for. Alot of people do paint directly over stainless wiht ok results. Its not like you need superior corrossion protection. Basically you want something coating wise that can either withstand solvents and cleaning or is cheapily replaceable by the end user if damage etc. Some might not like to cover up the bright stainless. For me I would prefer a parkerized finish. Using a cheap high heat flat paint though could give you a $10 dollar option that will look ok. At the very least wipe the part to be painted with with something like MEK to remove any grease residues. Keep in mind to avoid getting strong solvents on any plastic parts or areas with coatings already on them...

Flat black is ussually best as the lack of gloss obscures orange peel and or some surface defects. Bead blasting although it will give a better surface profile, it wont remove grease or residues... for best adhesion you need a basic alkaline solvent cleaning followed by some sort of phosphate conversion pretreatment.

For residential use or as a range gun...its a waste of time and money.

 

[AlwaysPlayin]

Thanks USP. I might look into parkerizing my stainless.

AP