Stainless barrel on a blued action? (Tikka)

[Macintosh]

Curious if anyone has insight into any potential issues I might encounter putting a stainless barrel onto a blued tikka action? Tried searching and couldnt find any info.

Either an oem barrel or aftermarket. Wondering about galling, future removal without a relief cut, any different barrel torque recommendations, etc that might be an issue by virtue of mixing metals. Any ideas?
Love to hear from @NSI @Formidilosus or any of you guys with more of a clue than me.

Thank you in advance!

 

[HuntHarder]

Ive done several with 0 issues..

 

[satchamo]

I’ve done 3-4 and no issues as well

 

[TxLite]

I’ve done it several times. I use white lithium grease to help keep some separation between the two when installing the new barrel

 

[hereinaz]

Use a good antiseize regardless of blue/stainless and you'll be good to go. You can never really get it as tight as factory, so that is not an issue... And, as tight as Tikka and Howa put them on from the factory, those don't gall. Tikka uses what appears to be antiseize. Savage barrel nuts are also exceedingly tight, and without any antiseize they don't really gall.

Now, if you neglect your rifle, then yeah, it can cause problems but it isn't galling in the first place.

 

[The Guide]

Curious if anyone has insight into any potential issues I might encounter putting a stainless barrel onto a blued tikka action? Tried searching and couldnt find any info.

Either an oem barrel or aftermarket. Wondering about galling, future removal without a relief cut, any different barrel torque recommendations, etc that might be an issue by virtue of mixing metals. Any ideas?
Love to hear from @NSI @Formidilosus or any of you guys with more of a clue than me.

Thank you in advance!

As former machinist and millwright, I've dealt with plenty of dissimilar metals and the potential for thread galling. We used stainless steel fasteners into different chrome moly steel pieces often with just a little anti-seize to keep things happy. Chrome moly and Stainless steel are more similar than dissimilar. Threading stainless into aluminum is where you can get bad galling if there is any electrolysis at all. You should be good to go with a little high moly grease or a touch of anti-seize.

Jay

 

[General RE LEE]

I’m curious just how a stainless barrel on a blued action would looks.

 

[SamsonMan22]

I have done several with zero issue, currently I have a stainless action with blued barrel and 2 blued actions with stainless barrels in rotation.

 

[Chris in TN]

It looks like a silver barrel on a black action

Five minutes and a can of black spray paint will fix that right up.

 

[EastHumboldt]

You dont know who you're talking to

Post pics please… also don’t mask the stock, just go after it with a rattle can!

 

[TaperPin]

Curious if anyone has insight into any potential issues I might encounter putting a stainless barrel onto a blued tikka action? Tried searching and couldnt find any info.

Either an oem barrel or aftermarket. Wondering about galling, future removal without a relief cut, any different barrel torque recommendations, etc that might be an issue by virtue of mixing metals. Any ideas?
Love to hear from @NSI @Formidilosus or any of you guys with more of a clue than me.

Thank you in advance!

Up until the 1990s all stainless barrels were screwed onto blued receivers and it works quite well. An industrial hard chrome finish matches with stainless quite well if you ever want to upgrade it. This rifle has a stainless barrel and hard chromed blued receiver.

 

[grfox92]

Here is a blued barrel on a stainless action.

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[Macintosh]

Thanks all. And yes I knew it “works”, just making sure it actually “WORKS”.

 

[grfox92]

Well now thats just going to confuse folks

Wasn't sure it was applicable.

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[NSI]

Curious if anyone has insight into any potential issues I might encounter putting a stainless barrel onto a blued tikka action? Tried searching and couldnt find any info.

Either an oem barrel or aftermarket. Wondering about galling, future removal without a relief cut, any different barrel torque recommendations, etc that might be an issue by virtue of mixing metals. Any ideas?
Love to hear from @NSI @Formidilosus or any of you guys with more of a clue than me.

Thank you in advance!

Not a problem. I tighten them to ~120 ft-lb with the good silver loctite anti seize. Not seen galling on removal.

-J

 

[EastHumboldt]

Go shave your wombat and let the adults talk.

I come from a generation that doesn't hold with none of this here wombat-scaping. I'll have you know my wombat is "all natural". TMI I know... but you started it. Also, isnt wombat shaving considered to be terrorizing?
I'm just having sooooo much fun with the whole wombat thing. I was explaining it to my wife and she just shook her head and said "Boys will be boys"

 

[Macintosh]

Well, this took an unexpected turn.

 

[grfox92]

Go shave your wombat and let the adults talk.

I wish I knew what we were talking about here.

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[EdP]

My Cooper Jackson Hunter has a SS barrel on a black chromoly action. I think it looks fine.

 

[Marbles]

Curious if anyone has insight into any potential issues I might encounter putting a stainless barrel onto a blued tikka action? Tried searching and couldnt find any info.

Either an oem barrel or aftermarket. Wondering about galling, future removal without a relief cut, any different barrel torque recommendations, etc that might be an issue by virtue of mixing metals. Any ideas?
Love to hear from @NSI @Formidilosus or any of you guys with more of a clue than me.

Thank you in advance!

No issues. If anything you reduce the rik of galling by not having the same metal. Use a nickel based anti-seize and torque to 100 ft.lbs.

Galvanic corrosion can occur between the two, but is not very strong and Tikka clearly doesn't worry about it with action screws or the trigger screw, so my guess is it is a none issue in practice on a rifle and just a theoretical problem. Anything like grease or anti-seize should further reduce potential galvanic corrosion if you like to leave your gun in a salt bath....