Stinless or blued barrel

16 January 2003, 13:14

I was wondering if their was a atvantage to a carbon steel barrel or stinless. Does one shoot better than the other? Does one seam to last longer than the other? Give me the + & - if their are any.

16 January 2003, 13:33

Cold Bore

Stainless "should" last longer, due to it being able to take the heat of firing better. The throat won't wash out as quick.

As for accuracy, that's a toss-up.

16 January 2003, 13:38

woofer

what ever looks good to you. if you are having a rebarrel then you have to consider bluing as a cost on top of barrel price. not stainless. though stainless costs more up front.
if you take care of them i dont think it will be anymore one way or the other........
woofer

20 January 2003, 06:01

M.Fox Jancik

I am thinking about rebarreling of my CZ 550 and I would like to use stainless barrel, is there any way how to make it black (chemical way)? I prefer black colour of it because I use it for hunting but I want to have rifle more resistant to wet weather.

20 January 2003, 06:08

stubblejumper

I use only bead blasted stainless barrels and have never had any game animal spook from seeing the gun.This includes sheep and goats which have very good eyesight.

20 January 2003, 07:17

dogcatcher223

I second the stainless with a beadblast. I have 3 stainless and i just sent the third for a beadblasted matte finish. I like stainless cause it takes moisture better.

20 January 2003, 13:33

Orion 1

quote:
Originally posted by M.Fox Jancik:
I am thinking about rebarreling of my CZ 550 and I would like to use stainless barrel, is there any way how to make it black (chemical way)? I prefer black colour of it because I use it for hunting but I want to have rifle more resistant to wet weather.

Stainless steel barrels and actions with a matte silver finish are very popular in the USA. American hunters in the 50 states kill probably tens of thousands of deer every year at ranges from 30 to 300 meters, and a high percentage of those kills are with stainless steel rifles. The deer didn't know the difference.

I would leave your barrel alone and not worry about it. Besides, you won't be like most everyone else in Europe. [Wink]

[ 01-20-2003, 04:34: Message edited by: ksduckhunter ]

20 January 2003, 14:32

onefunzr2

Brownells sells an aerosol matte black spray paint that adheres well to bead blasted SS. You don't even need to bake it in an oven. I did one 5 years ago and it's held up real well.

21 January 2003, 01:52

M.Fox Jancik

ksduckhunter,

thank you for info, black is the most popular finish here in europe and quite conservative hunters here in europe consider it the best and all the stainless or chrome finishes is quite comic for them so that is why I wanted to make it black.