Bat and Kelbly comparison

[jackieschmidt]

Thanks for providing the link to a previous thread. Very interesting.

Sounds like a symptom of excessive pressure (sticky bolt lift) is not present as early when using 17-4 steel.

Don’t I want to a sticky bolt lift to tell me I need to back off on the pressure?

Otherwise I could use excessive pressures and might not notice until I have already toasted the primer pockets on a couple hundred pieces of brass.

It is not unusual for Benchrest Shooters to shoot loads in the 70,000 psi range.

 

[Kevin1990]

I've read old threads on here that the bats, at least the stainless ones were prone to galling; or alot of people complaining of them galling anyway. Would nitriding cure that issue, if it fact it was an issue? I've owned one bare stainless defiance, and while I liked it, cycling the bolt felt gummy/sticky, and it did gall after I had a couple 1,000 rounds on it. (Probably my fault.)

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Yes nitride cures that