Titanium bolts and/or receiver opinions

bambihunter

December 12, 2012 01:11

Are titanium bolts and/or receivers worth anything except making the gun lighter? For receivers, does it make them harder (or impossible) to rebarrel should it ever need it?

Specifically I am thinking about the Rem. 700 Ti Alaskan or the Browning A-Bolt Ti.

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  nononsense

  December 12, 2012 01:25

  bambihunter,
  
  The Remington M700 Ti actions are the straightest, most concentric action from a commercial manufacturer. They do NOT require accurizing (blueprinting) as most other actions do. They are simple to re-barrel and are known for being a tough action but best known for being lighter when weight can be a problem.
  
  The M700 Ti actions are outsourced (not made by Remington) but given the results, I'd opt for one if it became available for a good price. Right now you have to buy the entire rifle and tear it down for the action in order to build a great custom rifle.
  
  Best.

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  babun

  December 12, 2012 09:08

  I have no experience with Titanium receivers, BUT loads of it with high performance race car parts. Titanium is nothing short of a miracle metal when it comes to litewite, strong, and great machine ability. If you can afford it, get it.

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  bambihunter

  December 12, 2012 21:32

  Thanks guys. That was along with my way of thinking, just wasn't sure if it was harder to modify and nononsense answered that.
  
  Thanks again. [:)]

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  machine gun moran

  December 13, 2012 14:31

  Titanium alloys can be real tough stuff. There was a local custom gunmaker who used to make titanium-actioned falling blocks. I did some barrel polishing on stainless octagon pipes that he made, and once, he told me a funny story about a gun that a customer wanted engraved. The maker had sent it out to an engraver, but it didn't come back for months. When the gun finally arrived back, it was accompanied by a note from the engraver, that he never wanted to see another one. It seems that the engraver had used up a zillion sets of engraving tools on it, LOL.
  
  BTW, that gunmaker once necked the .50 BMG down to .375, lathe-turned bullets out of solid bronze, and worked up his own loads. I won't bother with some of the ballistics he got, but when the load was slowed to 4,000 fps, the gun produced 1 MOA. Needless to say, he had already experimented with tank muzzle brakes, and adopted the design that best helped to help manage things on the other end.

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