They ain't gonna cerakote the bore. That's where you need the stainless.
Exactly.
Plenty of other manufacturers make skinny barrels in SS. If he's dead set on a Krieger tube, it's no big deal to order one in a heavier contour from someplace like bugholes.net and have a smith turn it down to his preferred contour before screwing everything together.
Krieger is conservative on their stainless minimum contour per caliber policy. The smallest contour they will turn in .284 is a #4.5 contour, which will measure .900" 6" from the breech and .670" at 26", as Krieger wants a minimum .900" at the neck on a barrel in .284. If you order a fluted .284 #4.5 or #5 contour, they will bump that measurement up to 1.00" at 6" from the breech as they cut their flutes 0.050" deep.
