Why no stainless barricade rifle actions?

[obx22]

Just wondering. It’s not like it’s a hunting gun and you have to be concerned with the shine scaring game. Seems to me a match rifle, fighting condensation and corrosion issues in the extremes of summer and winter, would be the best option? Having a rifle subject to the hard use these rifles see, it would seem a natural material choice.

 

[MajorD]

Despite what might be considered hard use/ handling at marches, most match rifles then get transported to and from the match or range in a protective case, then cared for right after a match or range trip.

I myself hate stainless, and don’t see a utility in match guns for it much at all. If you live in a harsh climate for a day in day out gun ( Alaska for example) where guns and gear stay wet and can’t always be dried off or cleaned, it may have a purpose.
I have blued finish guns well over 100 years old that still look and function great.

 

[chevy_man]

A lot of custom actions are stainless. Lots of them are then nitrided or cerakoted.

 

[King_beardsly]

I know my Zermätt RimX is stainless

 

[Supersubes]

What is a barricade rifle action?

Prs guns live pampered lives.

The list of carbon steel custom actions is shorter than stainless actions. Could you be mistaking nitrided or dlc’d stainless actions for carbon steel?

 

[obx22]

What is a barricade rifle action?

Prs guns live pampered lives.

The list of carbon steel custom actions is shorter than stainless actions. Could you be mistaking nitrided or dlc’d stainless actions for carbon steel?

Very possibly.
Bergara, CZ, Tikka, Vudoo, Ultimatum Defense, Anschutz, Victrix, Ruger, I thought were all carbon steel?

 

[obx22]

I know my Zermätt RimX is stainless

I wasn’t aware, thanks

 

[reelserious]

Stainless nitrided is what you want

 

[Supersubes]

Very possibly.
Bergara, CZ, Tikka, Vudoo, Ultimatum Defense, Anschutz, Victrix, Ruger, I thought were all carbon steel?

Some of those are some of them aren’t, and some of them come in both.

 

[King_beardsly]

I know the vudoo, deuce, RimX, and victrix are all stainless with nitrided except the victrix they use a PVD coating

 

[chevy_man]

Very possibly.
Bergara, CZ, Tikka, Vudoo, Ultimatum Defense, Anschutz, Victrix, Ruger, I thought were all carbon steel?

That's a very odd list of actions to put together. And most can be had in stainless if desired. Like, I've never actually seen a Tikka that wasn't stainless. I know they're made, but I've never actually seen one. There's 3 stainless ones in my garage though.

 

[obx22]

That's a very odd list of actions to put together. And most can be had in stainless if desired. Like, I've never actually seen a Tikka that wasn't stainless. I know they're made, but I've never actually seen one. There's 3 stainless ones in my garage though.

The T1-X is stainless?

 

[obx22]

I know the vudoo, deuce, RimX, and victrix are all stainless with nitrided except the victrix they use a PVD coating

Thanks, I do not own any of those.

 

[Supersubes]

The T1-X is stainless?

You listed a bunch of random brands, and zero specific models. Almost every Tikka model comes in either blue or stainless. The T1-X is not one of them.

 

[chevy_man]

The T1-X is stainless?

Haven't seen one. T-3s and T-3x.



I'm still trying to figure out what a barricade action is.....

 

[Supersubes]

Haven't seen one. T-3s and T-3x.



I'm still trying to figure out what a barricade action is.....

For sure. Also confused how we got from PRS action material choices, to large factory brands, on to to the T1-X…

 

[chevy_man]

For sure. Also confused how we got from PRS action material choices, to large factory brands, on to to the T1-X…

I think he's having troubles keeping all his threads straight.