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    breaking in a new barrel

    Jim Watson, Nice comments and to the point. Guys when you shoot a brand new barrel that has had no rounds on it. The only thing you break in is the throat area for the most part. The nicer the finish the chamber reamer/or throating reamer left the less fouling it can cause. As you shoot if the...
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    Rifle barrel accuracy and longevity - Carbon steel or stainless steel?

    Airpower, For the most part the chrome lining was/is there to help prevent corrosion. Remember back when the military was using corrosive ammo. The lubricity thing. That's a new one! I think I've heard that before but I have never seen anything anywhere in terms of documentation or talking to...
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    Rifle barrel accuracy and longevity - Carbon steel or stainless steel?

    Guys, If I had to pick one I would lean towards the c.m. lasting longer but keep in mind that there are so many variables in shooting it is hard to put an exact number on it. One is powders. Some powders do wear the barrel faster.This is not just an opinion but data that we have on how long...
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    Barlein Barrels

    Skinewmexico, When we fit a barrel to an action we use the action itself as the thread gage. Yes if you had sent us two Rem.700 and had us fit the barrels to them we would treat each one as an individual because of different thread sizes and not to mention headspace. When you check an action to...
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    Barlein Barrels

    Guys, The reason we don't offer drop in barrels for guns is because the tolerances vary so much from action to action. The factory guns are the worse. Example is the threads. We could sell a barrel to a guy and it fit just fine on his action but if you took that same barrel and put it on...
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    Barlein Barrels

    Srmohawk, Your posting is not entirely correct. While either Tracy or myself did suggest about making new machines and kinda fell on deaf ears that wasn't the push. Most of us here we're fired from Krieger Barrels. Myself (I was there for 5 years), Tracy was there for about 12 years and for...
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