doclu60
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Agree with the above. To the Cajun guy above your post, I shoot rifles not tractors, and my experience is different than his.If you need to mess with a rimfire barrel, it should only be to get a new one.
Scott
Agree with the above. To the Cajun guy above your post, I shoot rifles not tractors, and my experience is different than his.If you need to mess with a rimfire barrel, it should only be to get a new one.
Let me add to that. or take it off the action to replace it, it will shoot, or it won't it is that simple.If you need to mess with a rimfire barrel, it should only be to get a new one.
I've had barrels that shoot great and done things to them like put brakes on them - and they shot terribly afterwards. Could never get some of them in tune afterwards. No doubt cutting the threads imprinted the bore a bit more than expected. I wonder what it is about that melonite that causes things to go bad for those who have such bad experiences. I know a few guys who had bad experiences too - and none that it improved anything. Buth then again - I don't know THAT many guys who use it- certainly not enough to make judgement. Seems hard to believe it can change the vibe much - but is a mystery to me.I do! And that was some outstanding shooting!
I’m not saying that it can’t work. But every barrel in that batch was ruined. I was convinced it would work or I would have handed mine over to get done.
I don’t think it’s a vibration issue. My guess is the bore somehow got screwed up.I've had barrels that shoot great and done things to them like put brakes on them - and they shot terribly afterwards. Could never get some of them in tune afterwards. No doubt cutting the threads imprinted the bore a bit more than expected. I wonder what it is about that melonite that causes things to go bad for those who have such bad experiences. I know a few guys who had bad experiences too - and none that it improved anything. Buth then again - I don't know THAT many guys who use it- certainly not enough to make judgement. Seems hard to believe it can change the vibe much - but is a mystery to me.