Author Topic: SS Huntsman (Read 1043 times)

cattleskinner · « **on:** February 19, 2004, 04:15:14 PM »

I am in the process of waiting for my ss huntsman to come in, but I do need a little help from everyone that has one. Out of all of the ss versions I have looked at, I've noticed that the rifling has "tooling marks" on it....everyone one of them, all at different dealers. I was just wandering if you guys would look and see if yours looks the same way. The blued version I had before didn't have them, and neither has any of the other blued models I've seen either. I don't know if that is a problem on them, whether it will affect accuracy, and if this deep cut rifling they claim to incorporate this year will help with the problem or not. I just thought you guys could give me a little input on the subject.

~~~Cattleskinner

raynor · « **Reply #1 on:** February 20, 2004, 09:06:11 AM »

I have 2 stainless Huntsmans and both look like the bore is polished, no tooling marks at all. Guess it just depends! ~~ SV

WNY_Whitetailer · « **Reply #2 on:** February 20, 2004, 11:24:52 AM »

Would lapping the bore help remove those tool marks? I have never done this personally but I have read a bit about it...

cattleskinner · « **Reply #3 on:** February 20, 2004, 11:44:04 AM »

SV,

Are those new production ss huntsmans, or are they ones made last year? The ones I saw/ looked at weren't from this year, since it has been at least a month or two since I saw them.

~~~Cattleskinner

raynor · « **Reply #4 on:** February 20, 2004, 12:13:41 PM »

I bought those back in October, serial #'s are NT308xxx and NT321xxx. Hope that helps some! ~~ SV

Tracker · « **Reply #5 on:** February 24, 2004, 09:43:54 AM »

Who care if there are tool marks as long as the gun shoots. If acuracy is a problem then I would complain. From my experience NEF would replace the barrel.

tenzilla · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2004, 02:09:22 PM »

Cattleskinner,

I have a blued Huntsman and a stainless one, and both shoot like a house of fire! By looking down the barrels, it does seem the stainless one has a bit "rougher" bore finish to it---(i.e. slight tooling marks), but this hardly seems to affect accuracy in the stainless one. Probably has to do with the stainless barrel blanks being somewhat inherently harder than their blued counterparts. That`s my guess anyway. It`s your hard earned dough on the line, so if you want to look for a stainless one with no tooling marks, by all means do. I`m sure if you couldn`t wait for one, and sprung for one with the marks...my guess is(if it`s like countless other Huntsmans) it`ll still shoot pretty darn good no matter what! Lapping the bore would certainly help remove the tooling marks---if they aren`t too deep, and accuracy should improve somewhat also. That would be your call also. If it shot an inch to an inch and a half at 100 yards consistently, I`m sure the deer or the paper target won`t know there`s tooling marks in the barrel.

Good luck, and hope I`ve helped. tenzilla