Hi gladto be here again with some question

I bought a mauser square bridge in 9,3x62.
The barrel is painted and when I ask why the ownwer say me that the barrel is stainless steel.
Is really a very nice rifle , double triger and all the things that make a nice old rifle.
Any have information about this kind of barrels and how trere are?
Thank's to all
Guillermo Trotz

I have a remington 700 stainless steel rifle and it is the most accurate rifle I own. Stainless barrels are very good if they are from a quality manufacturer.

Paint or laquer is frequently the easiest way to make a "white" barrel dark.

Stainless doesn't take bluing and some people don't like the "two tone" look.

the colorings that DO work on stainless steel tend to be expensive.

Like the true black of Tungsten Carbo-Nitride
(a nearly indestructable finish) but it isn't cheap.

Frankly I'm suprised with "race guns" all the rage that nobody has had a stainless steel coated with the purple color of Titanium Carbo-Nitride.

I have seen one barrel done in Titanum Nitride but think the gold color gaudy....

Some have PLATED stainless steel barrels with metals that CAN be blued, again, not cheap.

compared to the relatively cheap cost of using an artfully tinted blue-black semi-translucent laquer or enamel over the stainless... (which can look quite convncing until it is scratched) any "real" coating is expensive....

AllanD

I am a High Power Rifle Target shooter, have a reasonable amount of experience with barrels.

The barrel maker, the barrel installer, and barrel quality are more important than the material, assuming accuracy is your most important consideration.

Stainless steel contains sufficient chromium to form a corrosion resistant surface of chromium oxide. While people think of stainless as being “hardâ€, you will find that barrels, chrome moly or stainless, are actually fairly soft. They have to drill and rifle the things you know.

There is no difference in accuracy between a stainless barrel and a chrome moly. There is no difference in accuracy life between a stainless barrel and a chrome moly. If there is an intrinsic accuracy life difference between a stainless barrel and a chrome moly barrel I have yet to see it. Barrel life is very variable between barrels of the same material. Based on my small sample size, if there is a life difference between Stainless and Chrome Moly, it is masked by the overall variability between barrels.

In a target rifle, one that is cleaned up between matches and never put away for long, you will find that chrome moly barrels cost less are quite satisfactory. There might be a corrosion advantage to stainless barrels if you are going to be in wet conditions.

There are two real differences between stainless and chrome moly barrels. One, you can get a beautiful bluing job on a chrome moly barrel. One that is so attractive that you will break down and cry when it gets scratched for the first time. Two, based on the appearance of the patch, stainless barrels seem to clean faster than chrome moly. I really don’t know if stainless barrels actually cleaner sooner, but the patches come out clean sooner.

If you want to hide the shiny surface of a stainless barrel, first ask for a satin finish, and if that is still too shiny, spray the barrel with a flat black spray paint. Or a green spray paint. Or be different.

Thank's for your answers and the explanation about the process that could be done with a ss barrel.
I think that finally when the paint go away I will paint it again and try not to scrach it to much.
The rifle is from 1939-40 (SN 114001) and I didn't know that in those years you can have a SS barrel.
Thank's again
Sincerely
Guillermo Trotz

gtrotz: Pre WWII barrels in stainless steel are rare. Stainless steels were first discovered around 1911 or so. However the firerms community is very conservative and wide spread use of Stainless steel in firearms did not really happen until the 1980's.

It is always possible that your rifle was rebarreled.

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Originally posted by gtrotz:
Thank's for your answers and the explanation about the process that could be done with a ss barrel.
I think that finally when the paint go away I will paint it again and try not to scrach it to much.
The rifle is from 1939-40 (SN 114001) and I didn't know that in those years you can have a SS barrel.
Thank's again
Sincerely
Guillermo Trotz

May I give you a tip that I use on ALL my stainless barrelled rifles??? Tape off the action and the muzzle itself, and completely enclose the action in a bag or rags. Then you can have your BARREL either glass-bead blasted (for a nice satin finish), or sand blasted (for a more matte finish). I've used both. Glassing the barrel, is what most gunsmiths do and it DOES NOT remove any markings, JFYI.