I have a Savage 10FP in .223 Rem. with a rusty barrel.
My first thought was, "Oh crap! everything in the safe is ruined!", but upon further investigation, *only* the savage rusted. Not just a little bit, but great gobs of rusty feathery mossy stuff around the muzzle and inside the barrel. It's toast.
The fact that *only* the Savage barrel got rusty, and really rusty at that, while everything else in the safe is fine makes me wonder if there's something funny about that barrel, or Savage's quality control. They've got a good reputation, so I'm hesitant to blame them, but I never used corrosive ammo, always cleaned it promptly, just like all the other guns.
There's only about 300 rounds through this gun, any chance they just had a bad batch?
Secondly, when (assuming) they say, "sorry, your problem, that looks like abuse) I plan to replace the barrel with a Shilen 1:8 stainless barrel (why does the 10FP come with a 1:9 twist barrel anyway?) anything I should be wary of, or make sure to not screw up in the swap process?
What's a good barrel vice that won't cost an arm and a leg?
My first thought was, "Oh crap! everything in the safe is ruined!", but upon further investigation, *only* the savage rusted. Not just a little bit, but great gobs of rusty feathery mossy stuff around the muzzle and inside the barrel. It's toast.
The fact that *only* the Savage barrel got rusty, and really rusty at that, while everything else in the safe is fine makes me wonder if there's something funny about that barrel, or Savage's quality control. They've got a good reputation, so I'm hesitant to blame them, but I never used corrosive ammo, always cleaned it promptly, just like all the other guns.
There's only about 300 rounds through this gun, any chance they just had a bad batch?
Secondly, when (assuming) they say, "sorry, your problem, that looks like abuse) I plan to replace the barrel with a Shilen 1:8 stainless barrel (why does the 10FP come with a 1:9 twist barrel anyway?) anything I should be wary of, or make sure to not screw up in the swap process?
What's a good barrel vice that won't cost an arm and a leg?