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Is this still available?

I have a friend who is looking for an AWP rifle right now. He's a collector. I'm looking around. It appears that few were brought into the US but to be fair it was so long ago I think it impractical to be so narrow focused.

Is this item still available?

Not at all true... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You see what you did here? You're making me think "don't sell your NIB FN SPR A3G; have this work done and keep it... Grrrrr... LOL Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Now that's a thing of BEAUTY... What's her name? She HAS to have a name. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ionbond does the work. Various smiths do the prep work and send it to their facility in SC, I believe. There is 5 to 7 microns of electroless Nickel which then gets coated with plasma assisted Tungsten DLC or WDLC. There is nothing wrong with getting your action ferritic nitrocarburized AND...

Yep. I was once working with Sunny Hill Mfg close to twenty years ago but I did not follow up as I wanted 4140 and they were interested in Aluminum. Of course, there were no magazines but those super fragile mags at the time so I'm glad I did not. The horrible thing is that the rifle is a...

Would you mind sharing those documents? Thanks! [email protected] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They are made by HK GmbH. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bark River Bushcraft and Bushcraft II. They have a "Scandivex" grind and are made of CPM 3V steel - not quite stainless but won't rust very easily at all. Outstanding edge retention but one cannot sharpen it with Arkansas stones. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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One would get better abrasion/wear resistance, corrosion resistance with the nitrocarburization process. It's not a panacea but it, like deep cryogenic tempering is directionally correct. As far as what would be the best technique? How about having a 'smith hand lap the barrel, cryo it then...

Use a blue Sharpie and color the rear.

Interesting. I purchased the Steyr PIIK and it came with a fixed 10x Hensoldt with Mil-Dots with te elevation knobs specifically calibrated from 100m to 500m or 600m, I forget which Somewhere I have the paperwork for the optics, I believe. ------------------------------------- "One cannot...