Okay gun nuts. Nitride or parkized? Looks like I can get a good deal on a 450 upper. Nothing fancy. But will work for what I am gonna do with it.
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Anyone Purchased a 360 buckhammer or 400 legend?
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Which 1 does spray paint stick to best.....hahahaha
Timber pimps don't paint their guns.
I beg your pardon?
Doh. Your right. I forgot about the nitro Hoyt by @Red Beard
Generally nitride is better. Parkerizing is a surface treatment, where as nitride is chemical alteration to the metal surface. But it really is a toss up. One is Matte, parkerized, one is more shiny, nitride. But both will perform well.
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Yep. Check yoself B4 u wreck yoself.
Iron_llama
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Both work well for the intended purpose. Parkerizing is meant to hold oil on the steel to prevent further corrosion. Both parked and blued gun parts need to be oiled. Nitride is not meant to hold oil and stays dry. It's still good good practice to wipe down any gun with a light coat of oil before storing it, but it's much more critical with Parkerizing. Parked guns can be Cerakoted; Cerakote actually sticks to Parkerizing quite well and some of the primo Cerakote shops will Park a gun before they Kote it. You can re-Park a gun yourself with salts purchased from Brownells or Midway, if you have a large enough boiling vessel. If you're going to rattlecan it I'd give a slight edge to Nitride but really it's mostly academic.
Went to the range with the 450. Ouch. Kinda have some buyer remorse. Wish I would have went 350. I got close at the 50 yard line checking everything out. Didn't have enough in me to shoot from 100. Gonna order a pad to help soak up a little extra.
BowhunterXC
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A Pachmayr magnum recoil pad may be the ticket for you.
It may be just me, but I like the recoil of my 450 Bushmaster....it feels like raw power.
Just the same, it ain't no range rifle to punch paper with for any lengthy amount of time. About 3 years ago, it was bitter cold and I was bundled up good and had a backpack with a days provisions. Walking in I spotted a nice buck and quickly decided to take the shot. The heavy clothes didn't allow me to get a good mount on my shoulder and the stock pad was on my pack strap.
Yeppers...she kicked off of my shoulder and the scope bit me just above my eye. I've shot some huge African game rifles and never done that, but that day the rifle got my attention. I'm still shaking my head and giggling about it. I put some snow on it to stop the bleeding and took the photo anyway. LOL
Yeah it’s a thumper. I have the Ruger American 450. Need to check the zero on mine this week. Hopefully it’s still on at 100 ha.
BowhunterXC
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Which barrel length do you have?
There's an 18" and a 22". I have the longer one and from the stories I'm hearing the shorter barrel has more recoil.
I know one thing for sure....I'm gonna change that factory muzzle break, to a linear compensator. That factory muzzle break is awful loud.
Which barrel length do you have?
There's an 18" and a 22". I have the longer one and from the stories I'm hearing the shorter barrel has more recoil.
I know one thing for sure....I'm gonna change that factory muzzle break, to a linear compensator. That factory muzzle break is awful loud.
I think it’s actually a 16”. It’s the Ranch variation. Yeah my ears were ringing after a shooting a deer last season.
BowhunterXC
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Yep, I totally understand....and while we're talking about it, I got on Optics Planet and ordered a KAW Precision Linear Compensator for a 450 Bushmaster, for $58.70.
I haven't shot it since the buck in the photo above, which was 2020. Just the same, if/when I do, I ain't going through that ear busting situation, when hunting again. Iron_llama
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Yeah, you know when a 450 goes off. Seems you're shooting an AR, I assume your muzzle came threaded for a flash hider (probably has a FH installed). That means that you can install a muzzle brake to help mitigate the recoil somewhat. Other things you could try are recoil pads, a shotgunner's recoil shoulder pad (mounts on your shoulder, not the gun), heavier buffer spring/weight combo. The last might affect cycling so if you try it, get it from a place you can return it to if it doesn't cycle right anymore.
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Not yet but that's what I bought. Some YouTube guy named who tee who does a bunch of different rounds and those grouped the best
Coachschaller
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I believe that is what I am using. It seems to shoot the best out of the Winchester XPR and Savage Axis.
To follow up. I did connect with the 450 this season.. Opening morning I took out this guy with it. 18" nitride bear Creek barrel. I put a Sig Sauer Buck Master 3x12-44 on it. Was shooting pretty good at 100 yards with the Hornadys. I was pretty happy with it. Shoot him at like 25 yards. I didn't take better pictures. But I hit him right in the front shoulder, and came out the other side breaking the other. Both legs were limp. So he didn't make it very far. Not a lot of blood. But wouldn't except that with a shoulder shot. I did rush it a bit, and was leaning back in the saddle. The doe he was pushing spotted me and was going back towards where she came. He was about to follow after her.
I'm pretty happy with it now, and looking forward to shooting another one with it. The pad I added made a big improvement.
I'm pretty happy with it now, and looking forward to shooting another one with it. The pad I added made a big improvement.
I bought a 45/70 for the kids to use. Really like it. Killed a lot of deer out to 200+ and doesn't kick much at all.