ORIGINAL: trekker
Hey gang,
I haven't even gotten my new ml yet, but I am asking anyway
I have read quite a bit about lapping or seasoning a barrel, and wondered what your thoughts were. I am getting a new Encore stainless steel .50. I have read about using bore butter to season, but also read that teflon works better on the harder steel barrels. Read a method by Rich Dunkirk, and also suggestions for using lead bullets with compound. Finally, I have read that I should just shoot a box of Buffalo Ballets through it first, and that would in effect lap the barrel.
Thoughts? Suggestions? What worked for you?
Thanks for your input, I am really looking forward to getting into mling!
Todd
I know nothing about the use of Teflon in a ML, but please note that no cook seasons stainless-steel cookware, only the cast-iron stuff! It may very well be that when rifle barrels were made of porous metals like cast iron or mild steel, that this seasoning business was a good idea. However, I have tried it, and it was a disaster in my barrels, which are made from modern chrone-moly barrel steel. I sure think it would be a waste of time, effort, and gun grease to try to season a stainless barrel!
By all means, shootlead bullets (or patched round balls!) to "lap" your barrel-
BUT NEVERuse anything resembling lapping compound in it! (Unless you are expert in the lapping of barrels, which requires years of experience to be good at!) I know a few "lappers" who have ruined barrels, and not just ML barrels!!