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Offline colt1960

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sb2 reciever strength
« on: June 16, 2012, 09:03:57 AM »
Hello all, this is my first post since joining the forum. My question is of the sb2 recievers , which one would be considered the strongest? The sb2 in steel or stainless or the 10 gauge sb2? My interest is barrel stubbing and I wanted to find out which receiver would be the best to start with. Thanks Rick!

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Re: sb2 reciever strength
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2012, 10:26:26 AM »
Welcome! Some of this is covered in the FAQs sticky, but I'd have to go with a blued SB2 rifle frame made 2000 or later since H&R has made improvements in heat treatment and such over the years, they won't fit any high pressure barrels to frames made prior to 2000, nor will they fit rifle barrels to SB2 10ga shotgun frames. Matte nickle and all stainless frames are made to the same standards, the only stainless frames ever made came on 45-70 and 444 Marlin Ultra hunters, any other "stainless" rifles have matte nickle frames. All SB2 frames, rifle or shotgun, are heat treated investment cast alloy steel. The SB2 10ga frame is weaker due to the thinner frame rails, it's also not really suitable for high pressure rifle cartridges due to the large shotgun firing pin.

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Re: sb2 reciever strength
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2012, 02:38:17 PM »
Thank you for the reply. I wasnt sure between the stainless and steel but thought that the 10 gauge having a bigger barrel channel it might also have a larger reciever. What H&R will or wont do isnt a big deal to me because I am wanting to do barrel stubbing myself. Rick!

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Re: sb2 reciever strength
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2012, 02:47:04 PM »
The 10ga frame isn't bigger, it's just hogged out to accept the larger chamber swell of 10ga/12ga USH barrels, external dimensions are the same making the sides of the frame thinner.

Tim
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