Stainless vs blued barrel

What are your guys' thoughts on Cerakote and other spray on finishes that manufacturers are putting on OEM nowadays?

Also, there is a minor accuracy decrease with stainless, but how much are we looking at here in terms of measurable MOA?
 
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double gun said:
You sure about that bud?
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Well...the barrels held together in all of those, except the last one...that was stainless.
Thanks for proving my point lol
 
mosinmaster said:
What are your guys' thoughts on Cerakote and other spray on finishes that manufacturers are putting on OEM nowadays?

Also, there is a minor accuracy decrease with stainless, but how much are we looking at here in terms of measurable MOA?
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Grey Cerakote on a stainless barrel and action. The Cerakote is VERY durable. Easy to keep clean and is almost impervious to minor scratches, rub marks, tree branches, gun case zippers etc... Just don't bang it off a rock or like not and think it's not going to get dinged up. It's not invincible.

I don't know where you get the idea that stainless barrels aren't as accurate. I can shoot this gun a consistent 1/2 MOA average. Or maybe that isn't your idea of accurate enough?
 
Hitzy said:
Well...the barrels held together in all of those, except the last one...that was stainless.
Thanks for proving my point lol
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One thing is forsure, you never cease to amaze. What do you figure those actions were made of? :rolleyes:
I can't wait for your spin on these.... Oh and if you rubbed the crap out of your eyes, you would have seen the barrel on #2,3 and 6 all split their barrels - but don't let that stand in your way of a good story.
According to you it's amazing any of us shooting stainless rifles are alive to tell the tale.

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chuck nelson said:
Stainless is good. But people should learn how to take care of things.
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I will agree with you, but sometimes (regardless of the care taken) corrosion occurs on blued CM rifles. Is it detrimental to the rifles operation?...... likely not, but it's an irritant for me.

I've had a couple blued rifles that were cleaned & soaked in product. They still managed to form rust under the action, and I'm not removing the action from the stock during a hunting trip.

No, stainless isn't rust proof. But it's cheap corrosion insurance.

 
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my gunsmith of 40+ years indicated to me that he's seen way more throat erosion with stainless as compared to carbon... just say'in.
I also owned 2 rifles of 40+ rifles that rusted: one was stainless and the other was a lower end blued model. Most of my collection are blued and I never have rust issues.
 
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This thread is going down... But the smith I use also spoke about stainless barrels in cold weather being more susceptible to failing than carbon. Interesting to know the science behind it (if there is conclusive findings)
 
The Kurgan said:
my gunsmith of 40+ years indicated to me that he's seen way more throat erosion with stainless as compared to carbon... just say'in.
I also owned 2 rifles of 40+ rifles that rusted: one was stainless and the other was a lower end blued model. Most of my collection are blued and I never have rust issues.
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I stand to be corrected... I was made to understand that in the past, stainless barrels offered a very slight accuracy advantage due to the fact that stainless steel was softer than typical CM steel used in barrels. That softer stainless steel provided for more precise and sharper lands and grooves in conjunction with certain manufacturing techniques; but potentially wouldn't last as long as far as overall round count goes. I understand that with modern manufacturing techniques, that very slight accuracy gap between stainless and CM barrels has been closed substantially... If its true that stainless is in fact softer, perhaps that's why Kurgan's gunsmith made that observation...
 
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If your a guy that insists on hunting with a fouled barrel, especially in damp weather, or in cold weather and them bring your gun into a warm enviroment, I would go with a stainless barrel. Fouling and moisture will start pitting your barrel in short order.
 
Thanks for the advise. I ended up picking up a weatherby vanguard S2 in stainless from the EE. Beautiful looking gun.

Now I need to find time to go hunting this year.
 
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