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Is anyone aware of a problem with stainless steel pre64 264 wm barrels? I have owned 2 that have had a "bulge" within the last few inches of the end of the barrel. The bulge is not noticeable on the outside but very noticeable in the rifleings especially when running patch down it. I have also heard of another with the same problem. Is this a common fault with these barrels?
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I checked the seven .264 WM barrels we have in our shop right now and none of them had anything unusual about the bore. Nor do I recall this on any of the countless .264 rifles we've had come through our shop over the years. I do remember a .264 for sale on Gunbroker in the past year describing this same issue, however. A bulging barrel can happen to any chambering, so I think it has more to do with loads and how the barrel is treated than anything to do with the .264 WM or the stainless barrels Winchester used on these rifles. On any rifle, if you foul the barrel, overheat it, and keep using it, you're going to get a bulge.
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Thank you for the feed back. Just thought it unusual that of the three I have owned two have had this issue. I guess good deals are not always "good deals".
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Roy270: Caused a bit of a scare here but I checked 4 of my 6 pre-64 Model 70's in caliber 264 Winchester Magnum and none of those 4 (Featherweights and Standards!) had any visible/discernible bulges!
The other 2 are in "pretty deep" and I will check them next time I get in there that deep - plus in all my years of trading pre-64 Model 70's I have never heard of this affliction?
Thanks for the heads up - I will keep an eye out for this from now on.
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Just checked the three here, as I thought, no problem....
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I have one that is definatly toast. Received a bunch of take off barrels. Two Remington model 722s in 300 savage(one is a carbine?) and a Winchester model 70 in 264. Its a 22 inch FWT C.M. steel one. Looks perfect from the outside. However when you look at it through a bore scope, alligator skin galore in the throat! What do i do with it? I'm obviously keeping the hood and rear fold down sight but is the barrel finished?
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