Tikka barrel,s/s have moly rifling?

[coues32]

Called Beretta guy spoke to said all barrels have chrome moly rifling lining even stainless barrels.
Anyone confirm that?

Also said if black it is a nitrate or parkerized finish..

 

[Yellowknife]

Ah... what?

No, stainless barrels are stainless.

 

[coues32]

That's what I thought, he said rifling was lined with chrome moly...

 

[Apollo117]

Ah... what?

No, stainless barrels are stainless.

A barrel made of any material can have a chrome moly lining on the rifling. It's fairly common. The chrome moly lining helps to prevent corrosion and reduce wear.

Here's an article explaining chrome moly rifling. https://blog.cheaperthandirt.com/to-chrome-or-not-to-chrome-myths-and-facts-of-chrome-lined-barrels/

There is a difference between a barrel made entirely of chrome moly alloy and a barrel that is lined or "plated" with chrome moly. In this case, I think the Beretta rep is talking about a barrel made of steel that has a chrome moly lining. I could be wrong though.

OP, I can't confirm that Tikka barrels have a chrome moly lining. However, it's likely that they do.

 

[Yellowknife]

I'm not an expert, but I think you are confusing chrome moly (a type of steel, commonly blued in firearms applications) and chrome lining which is basically just chromium plating. Not the same thing at all.

Either way, my SS Tikka's are simple hammer forged stainless.

 

[JimCraig]

Uh...no. That beretta guy on the phone is about as worthless as a Cabelas gun counter rep.

 

[Dhbwa]

Chrome moly and a chrome lined barrel are too different animals....

If the Beretta guy said chrome moly quit listening.....quickly...

 

[Dhbwa]

Jim and YK beat me too it........

 

[coues32]

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What barrel does this model have?

 

[Low_Sky]

A barrel made of any material can have a chrome moly lining on the rifling. It's fairly common. The chrome moly lining helps to prevent corrosion and reduce wear.

Here's an article explaining chrome moly rifling. https://blog.cheaperthandirt.com/to-chrome-or-not-to-chrome-myths-and-facts-of-chrome-lined-barrels/

There is a difference between a barrel made entirely of chrome moly alloy and a barrel that is lined or "plated" with chrome moly. In this case, I think the Beretta rep is talking about a barrel made of steel that has a chrome moly lining. I could be wrong though.

OP, I can't confirm that Tikka barrels have a chrome moly lining. However, it's likely that they do.

No. Chrome lining is not the same as chromoly barrel steel.


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[Apollo117]

No. Chrome lining is not the same as chromoly barrel steel.


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No. Chrome lining is not the same as chromoly barrel steel.


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How is your statement of "chrome lining is not the same as chromoly..." much different than my statement of "There is a difference between a barrel made entirely of chrome moly alloy and a barrel that is lined or "plated" with chrome moly."?

I understand your statement and my statement to mean the same thing. Don't "not the same" and "difference between" have very similar meanings?

I'm not trying to contend with you. I'm just pointing out that you and I wrote statements with very similar meaning.

 

[Yellowknife]

How is your statement of "chrome lining is not the same as chromoly..." much different than my statement of "There is a difference between a barrel made entirely of chrome moly alloy and a barrel that is lined or "plated" with chrome moly."?

You are keying in on the wrong words. He says that because you used the word "moly" in reference to a lining. "Chrome moly" is steel with small amounts of chromium and molybdenum added to it for strength and is a common barrel steel. With rare exceptions (aluminum sleeved .22's, etc), it's not used as a liner and you physically can't use it to plate a bore.

Chrome plating is completely different, and is a form of electroplating with chromium. It does not involve moly and is not a form of steel. Most commonly used in high velocity rounds and high volume guns (AR's, etc)

 

[Apollo117]

You are keying in on the wrong words. He says that because you used the word "moly" in reference to a lining. "Chrome moly" is steel with small amounts of chromium and molybdenum added to it for strength and is a common barrel steel. With rare exceptions (aluminum sleeved .22's, etc), it's not used as a liner and you physically can't use it to plate a bore.

Chrome plating is completely different, and is a form of electroplating with chromium. It does not involve moly and is not a form of steel. Most commonly used in high velocity rounds and high volume guns (AR's, etc)

Ah. I understand now. I'm using the wrong term (chrome moly) for the context of barrel lining. I appreciate your explanation.

 

[coues32]

Does anyone know what the black superlite with green stocked tikka metals are made out of?barrel and action?

 

[gbflyer]

Don’t see too many chrome lined barrels in hunting guns. Common in machine guns. Typically not as accurate as an unlined barrel due to thickness deviations in the liner, but the throat lasts much longer for the sustained fire of full auto. Also, I am unaware of a stainless barrel being chrome lined, I believe it’s something that works only with chrome moly (not stainless) steels. I suppose Tikka could be using lined, blued barrels but I’d sure be surprised considering how accurately they shoot.

 

[Dhbwa]

The green stocked SL’s are blued with fluted barrel not SS.

 

[coues32]

The green stocked SL’s are blued with fluted barrel not SS.

Thank you

 

[howl]

Not really on topic, but claims about chrome lined barrels being inaccurate are often repeated but not always true. I have a light sporter barrel which is chrome lined and prints bug holes. I suppose our shopping for bargains in rifles leaves us short changed on what we could get in better quality because manufacturers are so conscious of production cost.

 

[Lonewolf72]

Does anyone know what the black superlite with green stocked tikka metals are made out of?barrel and action?

Sucks that we don't have someone from Tikka/Beretta USA that is monitoring this website and confirm these types of questions with a high degree of certainty. After perusing several websites selling the limited edition SuperLite with the olive stock, it is clear there is a tremendous amount of misinformation from vendors regarding this model.

Some vendors list it as stainless, some don't specify. Some list it as a 24" barrel, some list it as 22". I even saw one website list faster barrel twists that don't currently exist with factory Tikkas. Some websites contradict themselves in their own ads.

Heck, it seems like it is a real crapshoot as usual to get accurate info. from Tikka/ Beretta on this matter (no surprise considering my past dealings with them).

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[coues32]

Sucks that we don't have someone from Tikka/Beretta USA that is monitoring this website and confirm these types of questions with a high degree of certainty. After perusing several websites selling the limited edition SuperLite with the olive stock, it is clear there is a tremendous amount of misinformation from vendors regarding this model.

Some vendors list it as stainless, some don't specify. Some list it as a 24" barrel, some list it as 22". I even saw one website list faster barrel twists that don't currently exist with factory Tikkas. Some websites contradict themselves in their own ads.

Heck, it seems like it is a real crapshoot as usual to get accurate info. from Tikka/ Beretta on this matter (no surprise considering my past dealings with them).

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Asked the guy at Berreta multiple times if he he could look up the details since I had the manufacturer model number, he wasn't interested....not impressed
might have helped sell a handful of rifles ..