Just curious if anyone has used this product to lube their barrel? Just finished John Plaster's book and he highly recommended it.
Anyone use smooth kote???
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Re: Anyone use smooth kote???
I've not used it on my barrel, but I have used it on my trigger and (this is in an AR-10) on the bolt carrier group, both to very good effect. It does a fine job of reducing both friction and clean-up time.
Yours,
David
I've not used it on my barrel, but I have used it on my trigger and (this is in an AR-10) on the bolt carrier group, both to very good effect. It does a fine job of reducing both friction and clean-up time.
Yours,
David
Re: Anyone use smooth kote???
Thanks for the reply. I figured a lot of people would have used it or heard of it. From what I have read, bench resters use it to coat the inside of their barrels. Supposedly it will fill in any imperfections.
Thanks for the reply. I figured a lot of people would have used it or heard of it. From what I have read, bench resters use it to coat the inside of their barrels. Supposedly it will fill in any imperfections.
Re: Anyone use smooth kote???
I use it and I love how smooth the action feels after. I use it down the barrel and it seems that it keeps the barrel cleaner then without. For accuracy and so on I'm not sure if it made much of a difference.
I use it and I love how smooth the action feels after. I use it down the barrel and it seems that it keeps the barrel cleaner then without. For accuracy and so on I'm not sure if it made much of a difference.
Re: Anyone use smooth kote???
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: coach4christ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks for the reply. I figured a lot of people would have used it or heard of it. From what I have read, bench resters use it to coat the inside of their barrels. Supposedly it will fill in any imperfections. </div></div>
Hi coach4christ,
Yeah, I know it has that buzz from some quarters, but I suspect it's hype, and here's why: if it really did fill in such imperfections, what else would it end up doing? At a minimum, it would fill in a fraction of and, I suspect, very slightly round out the grooves in the rifling. But is not accuracy heavily dependent on keeping the rifling as sharp as possible? Isn't the loss of sharp edges in rifling a big part of what we lose when a barrel gets "shout out?" I'm certainly no gunsmith, but my understanding from others who are is that that's the issue here.
It's a lot like those automotive engine "additives" that claim to fix leaky seals, restore cylinder pressure, and so on: if they really did what they claim, they'd also do a host of even more harmful things to other parts of the machinery. The analogy I used to make sense of it for myself was with automotive tires. Suppose I came up with a spray-on tire additive that thickened the treads; would this not be a boon to tire life? Well, no, it wouldn't. The additive would bond to the tops of the treads, sure, but it also would bond to the recesses, and I'm pretty sure it actually would do the latter more than the former (fluids like to flow into recesses). So would the thickness of my tires increase? Yes. But would the depth of my treads also increase? No. In fact, I suspect they'd decrease.
Like I said, I am no expert, so if I have my head up my butt on this, I am very open to correction from those in the know.
Anyway, one thing BP2000/Smooth Kote <span style="text-decoration: underline">does</span> do is it decreases friction, which, all else held equal, seems good to me. And on that score I can attest to its efficacy. It's great for reducing friction without adding a really thick layer of bonded goo the way teflon does. That's what I use it for, anyway. Also, from all reports it really does reduce cleaning time when you use it in the barrel.
Yours,
David
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: coach4christ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks for the reply. I figured a lot of people would have used it or heard of it. From what I have read, bench resters use it to coat the inside of their barrels. Supposedly it will fill in any imperfections. </div></div>
Hi coach4christ,
Yeah, I know it has that buzz from some quarters, but I suspect it's hype, and here's why: if it really did fill in such imperfections, what else would it end up doing? At a minimum, it would fill in a fraction of and, I suspect, very slightly round out the grooves in the rifling. But is not accuracy heavily dependent on keeping the rifling as sharp as possible? Isn't the loss of sharp edges in rifling a big part of what we lose when a barrel gets "shout out?" I'm certainly no gunsmith, but my understanding from others who are is that that's the issue here.
It's a lot like those automotive engine "additives" that claim to fix leaky seals, restore cylinder pressure, and so on: if they really did what they claim, they'd also do a host of even more harmful things to other parts of the machinery. The analogy I used to make sense of it for myself was with automotive tires. Suppose I came up with a spray-on tire additive that thickened the treads; would this not be a boon to tire life? Well, no, it wouldn't. The additive would bond to the tops of the treads, sure, but it also would bond to the recesses, and I'm pretty sure it actually would do the latter more than the former (fluids like to flow into recesses). So would the thickness of my tires increase? Yes. But would the depth of my treads also increase? No. In fact, I suspect they'd decrease.
Like I said, I am no expert, so if I have my head up my butt on this, I am very open to correction from those in the know.
Anyway, one thing BP2000/Smooth Kote <span style="text-decoration: underline">does</span> do is it decreases friction, which, all else held equal, seems good to me. And on that score I can attest to its efficacy. It's great for reducing friction without adding a really thick layer of bonded goo the way teflon does. That's what I use it for, anyway. Also, from all reports it really does reduce cleaning time when you use it in the barrel.
Yours,
David
Re: Anyone use smooth kote???
this?
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/927698/sentry-solutions-smooth-kote-dry-lubricant-1-2-oz
its just moly lube.. nothing fancy....
i use this, it permanent
dyna-bore coat
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3399066
this?
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/927698/sentry-solutions-smooth-kote-dry-lubricant-1-2-oz
its just moly lube.. nothing fancy....
i use this, it permanent
dyna-bore coat
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3399066
Re: Anyone use smooth kote???
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ring</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i use this, it permanent
dyna-bore coat
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3399066
</div></div>
Hey, cool tip, Ring. Thanks for it; I think I might try it out.
-David
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ring</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i use this, it permanent
dyna-bore coat
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3399066
</div></div>
Hey, cool tip, Ring. Thanks for it; I think I might try it out.
-David
