deerwarden
Well-Known Member
years of using a moddy and moly coating have left my Mannlicher pitted on top of the crown and 1 to 2 " down barrel also about 5" down, We NOW know moisture and moly creates an acid that eches ordinary steel barrels, MODDYS SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF EVERY TIME YOU GET HOME, if you clean yuo'll need to resight next outing, but 15 years ago we didn't all know this, my question to rebarrel is £900, Mannlchers are glued in, so half to be cut off at action and rethreaded. I read once about bullets which are coated in variouse grades of fine abrasive which allegedly give worn or pitted barrels a longer life, mines shooting OK but I do get flyers now and again, or any cheaper repairers out there, I know you can get a new Howa for£400+ what do you do with a rifle when they get old, why dont the original manufacture offer rebarreling etc. I cant understand why replacing the barrel here in the UK will exceed the cost of a new one fron Germany, any ideas out there, also beware of moly moddys and central heating any newbys to rifles, they interact to create an acidic lining in the moddy and rifle. deerwarden, really p~#?£d off at preasent