Re: Anyone have a Nitrided barrel?
Does not effect accuracy. There is actually a reduction in corrosion resistance for stainless steel, but i believe an increase for chrome-moly.
I talked to Joel. For a barreled action the total cost, including return shipping, is $124.
I think the coolest part of this process is that they tested two 7 SAUM's, one with nitride and one without. The nitrided barrel showed .003" of throat wear after 500rnds and the untreated barrel had .055" of throat wear!
I am sending in my 6.5 WSM for this. Joel has done 3 reciever's sent from BAT. One of my concerns was tolerance issues, or the steel moving from the heat treating process. If the BAT actions are good to go i am sending mine in with the barrel to have the whole thing done.