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vicvanb

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The latest RIFLE magazine has an article on Kenny Jarrett and his rifles. One quote on page 31 caught my attention:

Jarrett says the single worst thing that has occurred in rifle shooting in the past few years has been the various coated bullets. "They have destroyed thousands and thousands of barrels. They put that coating on with no idea what will happen when it hits a barrel. It bonds to the steel and you can't get it out unless you heat the barrel cherry red."
 
Gonna hafta agree with Kenny J. on this one.................provided he's talking about the Tubb Final Finish System....or whatever it's called......you know the one with grit on the bullets.
 
The most important piece of information is missing.
WHAT coatings.
Please be more specific.
There are as previously listed grit coated bullets for supposedly fire lapping the barre.
Moly and those similar.
Teflon which have a whole different purpose
 
Well I am going to have to agree with Erancis on this one (that kinda hurts) but I haven't shot a non coated bullet in years and my barrels do just fine. I have been using Danzac (tungsten disulfide) for a long time with very good results.
 
LHSmith said:
Gonna hafta agree with Kenny J. on this one.................provided he's talking about the Tubb Final Finish System....or whatever it's called......you know the one with grit on the bullets.
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He wasn't talking about fire lapping. He was talking about things like moly coating etc.
 
vicvanb said:
He wasn't talking about fire lapping. He was talking about things like moly coating etc.
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Well, then I would have to disagree (respectfully).....but according to Jarretts website : "many national shooting championships have been won with Jarrett rifles as well as 16 world records in benchrest competitions". I knew Jarrett had some involvement in BR but didn't realize he was such a dominant force.
 
LHSmith said:
Well, then I would have to disagree (respectfully).....but according to Jarretts website : "many national shooting championships have been won with Jarrett rifles as well as 16 world records in benchrest competitions". I knew Jarrett had some involvement in BR but didn't realize he was such a dominant force.
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Dominant Force is not a term I would have used . I have a friend who had a Jarret built Hunter Class rifle, and it shot well, but in 25 years of shootng he is the only time I recall seeing the name Jarrett listed in an equipment list.
 
opinions on bullet coating vary,they have and will. Go to the offical Norma website..... they have scientific data printed... not opinion...... factual testing results.
bill larson
 
LHSmith said:
I knew Jarrett had some involvement in BR but didn't realize he was such a dominant force.
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According to the RIFLE article, page 26:

"Kenny took up benchrest shooting and his quest for pure accuracy with a rifle led him to set six world records (three each in 1982 and 1985). Using rifles he built, his customers then set 11 more records between 1985 and 1990."
 
His records from LV 5 groups of 5 at 200-300 Grand Agg, and LV 100-200-300 Grand Agg still stand today. That was recorded 9-4 of 1982. That's a while ago and still standing. I've been in his shop a number of times and have seen the targets and the records framed, very nice.

I shoot coated bullets, I use hBn, and my barrels last and don't get embedded. Kenny (James) Jarrett now builds mostly hunting rifles, very good hunting rifles. His customers use very good hunting bullets. I wonder if the coating he is talking about is the blue baked on crap that Barnes sold as their baked on moly coating, to keep their crappy all copper alloy bullets from wrecking barrels... It may be ok for the ocasional hunting rifle, but not for BR.

Paul
 
So I guess he does have HOF points. I stand corrected and apologize to Mr. Jarrett. But I think I'll keep using danzac anyway.
 
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