Howa Mountain Rifle - Ceracote question

took a squizz at the new Howa mountain rifle in gun shop today. Quite a tidy little package - the stock is a real nice upgrade. One question - the barrel and action are blued steel that been Ceracoted. My question relates to the bore - fine and dandy that outside of barrel is protected by this super rust resistant finish but .... what about the bit that really matters - the bore. Does Ceracoting cover both outside and inside surfaces ? is bore also Ceracoted ? if so how does it stand up to firing and wear & tear of cleaning etc ?

No the bore doesn't get cerakoted it will rust the same as any blued rifle barrel.

They are stainless and ceracoted and very accurate .Nice trigger,Great rifle.:thumbsup:

You sure they are stainless, a local gunsmith I spoke to said they were blued and cerakoted. Because of that he refuses to stock them. He felt it was false advertising, giving the impression of stainless.

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Originally Posted by stug

You sure they are stainless, a local gunsmith I spoke to said they were blued and cerakoted. Because of that he refuses to stock them. He felt it was false advertising, giving the impression of stainless.

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....which is a pity as there is nothing wrong with a blued barrel. Can you make carbon fibre stocks for that new mountain rifle model??

Goddamn, if I was doing over I'd buy one of those in 6.5cm in a heartbeat.

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Originally Posted by chalkeye

Goddamn, if I was doing over I'd buy one of those in 6.5cm in a heartbeat.

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That's a bit of overkill? [emoji12]

when I asked gunshop about blued vs stainless they rang the distributor (Cameron Sports ?) who confirmed it was Ceracote over blued bbl.
Nothing wrong with a blued bbl, but it ain't stainless and you need to treat it accordingly in the field. I think Howa should be upfront about this and not make such a big play on "Ceracoting" which could mislead many punters into thinking they have a rifle they can treat like stainless.

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Originally Posted by chainsaw

when I asked gunshop about blued vs stainless they rang the distributor (Cameron Sports ?) who confirmed it was Ceracote over blued bbl.
Nothing wrong with a blued bbl, but it ain't stainless and you need to treat it accordingly in the field. I think Howa should be upfront about this and not make such a big play on "Ceracoting" which could mislead many punters into thinking they have a rifle they can treat like stainless.

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Why don't you just buy a stainless one? Get a new stock if you want but definately change the rings/mounts to one piece.