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12/14/2006 10:37:01 AM EDT
And Im not talking about a knob polisher.

I want to get an old barrel of mine chromed.  Any place in Tacoma or Bremerton?
12/14/2006 10:54:14 AM EDT
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And Im not talking about a knob polisher.

I want to get an old barrel of mine chromed.  Any place in Tacoma or Bremerton?


Kick me if I'm wrong but it would prob be cheaper to buy a chromed barrel to start off with.
12/14/2006 11:08:37 AM EDT
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And Im not talking about a knob polisher.

I want to get an old barrel of mine chromed.  Any place in Tacoma or Bremerton?


Kick me if I'm wrong but it would prob be cheaper to buy a chromed barrel to start off with.


Yup. If it's been fired, forget it.
12/14/2006 11:11:32 AM EDT
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Yup. If it's been fired, forget it.


And take that as WORD.  He is old and wise.....
12/14/2006 11:28:07 AM EDT
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Damn... So no one will chrome a Mosin barrel, eh?
12/14/2006 11:29:58 AM EDT
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Damn... So no one will chrome a Mosin barrel, eh?


I'll giver it a shot.  Never done it before though.....
12/14/2006 11:31:30 AM EDT
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you are probably underestimating what it takes to chrome a barrel. We are not talking the chrome that you put on a bumper.

Depending on the manufacturer some places that chrome the bores bore out a barrel blank and then fill it with chrome. Then cut rifling in the chrome. As for having it done. probably not gonna happen. If someone did do it for you then it would shoot out of the barrel with the first round and depending on how thick it was it could cause a severe overpressure situation and make your rifle kaboom.
12/14/2006 11:32:48 AM EDT
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It's been done, exterior finish only of course.  

12/14/2006 11:32:51 AM EDT
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you are probably underestimating what it takes to chrome a barrel. We are not talking the chrome that you put on a bumper.

Depending on the manufacturer some places that chrome the bores bore out a barrel blank and then fill it with chrome. Then cut rifling in the chrome. As for having it done. probably not gonna happen. If someone did do it for you then it would shoot out of the barrel with the first round and depending on how thick it was it could cause a severe overpressure situation and make your rifle kaboom.


K, never mind, you do it....
12/14/2006 11:38:01 AM EDT
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you are probably underestimating what it takes to chrome a barrel. We are not talking the chrome that you put on a bumper.

Depending on the manufacturer some places that chrome the bores bore out a barrel blank and then fill it with chrome. Then cut rifling in the chrome. As for having it done. probably not gonna happen. If someone did do it for you then it would shoot out of the barrel with the first round and depending on how thick it was it could cause a severe overpressure situation and make your rifle kaboom.



Currently, ER Shaw uses acid to etch out the barrel. It is chromed back down to size. I'm sure they true it back up after the process.

A custom stainless barrel would be cheaper, but probably not cheap.
12/14/2006 11:40:57 AM EDT
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Damn...  Thanks Bunny and 'Zerker.
12/14/2006 1:34:53 PM EDT
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I do have a chrome plated m-38 that looks cool as hell. I know what you are thinking. "If I chrome the bore I wont have to clean so diligently after I shoot corrosive ammo!"

You are wrong. Corrosive ammo will also eat through chrome, It just takes longer to do it.
12/14/2006 1:36:57 PM EDT
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I do have a chrome plated m-38 that looks cool as hell. I know what you are thinking. "If I chrome the bore I wont have to clean so diligently after I shoot corrosive ammo!"

You are wrong. Corrosive ammo will also eat through chrome, It just takes longer to do it.


You had two !?
12/14/2006 1:46:40 PM EDT
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Yeah, Post a pic of that one. how did it shoot btw?

Brandi loves the Pa63
12/14/2006 1:47:33 PM EDT
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how did it shoot btw?



ETA:  Kidding, shoots great.  Doesn't load as well as the others we have, but we now have stripper clips to fix that issue.
12/14/2006 1:49:29 PM EDT
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I think I am gonna chrome the truck gun!
12/14/2006 1:58:51 PM EDT
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ETA:  Kidding, shoots great.  Doesn't load as well as the others we have, but we now have stripper clips to fix that issue.


I need to find a source for a bunch of 7.62x54R stripper clips.
12/14/2006 2:48:12 PM EDT
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Damn... So no one will chrome a Mosin barrel, eh?


I'll giver it a shot.  Never done it before though.....