Tikka Nitriding

[ACHILLES]

Yes I believe they are all some type of 416 stainless. Could be the difference between the stainless/chrome moly lug abutments in the action supporting the lugs but I’m just guessing. I have no worries if I ever send in any of my tikkas in for nitriding since they are all CM. Might give h&m a call later to have a discussion with them on the subject.

 

[ACHILLES]

Okay spoke with an h&m rep. First I asked about cerakote. He said they will blast it off for free but you have to make a specific note for them to do so. Then asked him specifically about tikka actions CM&SS. He said there is no issue with either but to place cm&SS parts in separate bags and label them. I then asked if they needed to know the exact type of stainless they were working with to treat it properly. He stated the process for stainless is pretty much the same for all stainless types but it does change somewhat for different types of CM steels. I asked if he knew what type of CM steel blued tikkas were made of? He said no and acted like that would be a question for one of the shop guys. In the end he said the more specific info you can give them about the specific steels you’re sending in the better they can identify how to nitride them. The guys in the shop probably already know all this stuff but now it has me wanting to contact beretta/tikka to see if I can get the exact metallurgy of the steels used in tikkas. He also stated with the stainless bolt and cm action it may wear more as when the stainless is nitrided it’s harder than the nitrided cm. Although I’m sure wear through cycling the action is near to nothing even over thousands of rounds. Teeth or parts on a rock saw or something yea there will be significant wear over time.