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how much for melonite finish on a rifle action?

Why not save the money and work the bolt while watching TV? A few hundred repetitions will smooth it up quite a bit, just make sure to pull the trigger as well to smooth the entirety of the motion.
 
Why not save the money and work the bolt while watching TV? A few hundred repetitions will smooth it up quite a bit, just make sure to pull the trigger as well to smooth the entirety of the motion.

I'm not a Remington guy, and I did a Savage and an FN...so my experience may not apply. But...

My Savage had ~6000 rounds through, and probably another 6k dry fire cycles. It felt fine.

It came back from melonite *much* smoother than it had been before.

The FN felt about the same as before, though I only had ~100 rounds through it prior.

I didn't do it for smoothness reasons. I like the look and corrosion resistance.

My opinion is to hold off until the action in nicely worn in. Also consider ion bond.