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Old 12-11-2004, 07:51 PM   #1
 
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Default Stainless vs. Blued

I've never owned a gun with a stainless steel barrel. Is it worth it. What are the advantages?
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Default RE: Stainless vs. Blued

Stainless rifles are generally regarded as having a longer accuracy life and are more corrosion resistant than blued. Most of the match grade (accurate) barrels are stainless. You can do a google search for the specifics of the steels

Oh yeah, You asked for advantages:

Your friends and hunting buddies will go "OOOHHhh!" when the see it.
My stainless M70 feels like a surgical steel instrument, next to a "simple" wood/blued gun
Makes your penis bigger.
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Oh yeah, You asked for advantages:

Your friends and hunting buddies will go "OOOHHhh!" when the see it.
My stainless M70 feels like a surgical steel instrument, next to a "simple" wood/blued gun
Makes your penis bigger.
Now those ares advantages I like.
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Old 12-12-2004, 12:29 AM   #4
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Default RE: Stainless vs. Blued

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Makes your penis bigger.
And shinier too
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Old 12-12-2004, 09:31 AM   #5
 
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Almost forgot... If your in the market for a stainless rifle you might check out Sako/ Tikka it seems they have a new Xploder model;.)




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Almost forgot... If your in the market for a stainless rifle you might check out Sako/ Tikka it seems they have a new Xploder model;.)




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OUCH. lol

As far as I have read and seen from bu buddies rifles it's much easier to maintain and will hold up to the elements better.
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Default RE: Stainless vs. Blued

A well made stainless barrel holds up a little better then a well made chromemoly barrel but they still rust . You don't have to worry so much about fingerprint rust spots but they do rust. They also lose a lot of strength at very low temperatures . If your talking a custom barrel manufacturer the top 5 are pretty much even as far as accuracy goes in a hunting barrel. Domestic Firearm manufacturers on the other hand vary tremendously in quality.
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Oldelkhunter, You mentioned about s/s loosing strength at low temperatures. Could you elaborate. I just purchased a new rifle with s/s barrel and it can get pretty cold up here when hunting.
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Can't speak for OEH but most barrel manufacturers will not let you order below a certain profile in SS. Basically they will not let you order an ultra light weight profile barrel in SS. Why I can not tell you, maybe there is a metallurgist out there that can give us a qualified answer. I would hate to start a fallicy descrediting SS barrels in general.
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Guns with blued barrels don't work. You need stainless, and you need to pay a lot more for it.
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