nitrohuck
01-07-2013, 08:02 PM
So,
Pierre from the SwissRifles forum was just helping me out with a little Q&A about hBN and how best to use it for a k31,
The advantages seem excellent, I guess I will write a pros/cons list and you guys can set me straight:
PROS:
- Barrel is practically impervious to moisture/corrosion
- Can switch from jacketed to cast and back again with no issues of copper fouling affecting accuracy, as the barrel will not pick up copper fouling as long as all bullets are hBN coated
- Do not need to lube cast boolits (traditionally speaking), you need only tumble in hBN to coat the boolits, and you are set to seat and shoot them
- Barrel life is effectively doubled for jacketed bullets, for cast boolits god knows how much longer the barrel is kept in shape, certainly a lonnng time
CONS:
- I have no experience with this, and have not heard from any cast boolit shooters besides Pierre that the "no bullet lube" deal is actually dependable for any real accuracy (but when the St. Marie family says something, they seem to have lots of experience backing it up)
Anyone have experience with this? Would be very much interested in hearing what people have to say,
Lastly, why the hell wouldn't everyone be doing this with all their rifles? A single pound of hBN costs $70 but will serve you for more than 300,000 rounds, what is the deal?
Pierre from the SwissRifles forum was just helping me out with a little Q&A about hBN and how best to use it for a k31,
The advantages seem excellent, I guess I will write a pros/cons list and you guys can set me straight:
PROS:
- Barrel is practically impervious to moisture/corrosion
- Can switch from jacketed to cast and back again with no issues of copper fouling affecting accuracy, as the barrel will not pick up copper fouling as long as all bullets are hBN coated
- Do not need to lube cast boolits (traditionally speaking), you need only tumble in hBN to coat the boolits, and you are set to seat and shoot them
- Barrel life is effectively doubled for jacketed bullets, for cast boolits god knows how much longer the barrel is kept in shape, certainly a lonnng time
CONS:
- I have no experience with this, and have not heard from any cast boolit shooters besides Pierre that the "no bullet lube" deal is actually dependable for any real accuracy (but when the St. Marie family says something, they seem to have lots of experience backing it up)
Anyone have experience with this? Would be very much interested in hearing what people have to say,
Lastly, why the hell wouldn't everyone be doing this with all their rifles? A single pound of hBN costs $70 but will serve you for more than 300,000 rounds, what is the deal?