A 30-06 would serve you great. Go with a good scope though. Also don't get a stainless steel barrel. Kreiger barrels in Wisconsin told me not to get a ss. because when it is really cold, one shot can put a crack in it all the way down the barrel. This is most common with a sporter barrel. He said it just splits like it was cut. So go with a blued barrel.
Heres a little info i found on the subject I work in prudhoe bay oil field
and we deal with some liquids such as liquid nitrogen -250 and other liquid gases at extreme low temps
it can cause stress fractures even at -35 on some metals.It depends alot on the allurgy properties and lamentions of certain steel also.
but here is what i found a bout rifle barrels and krieger will not put stainless barrels on hunting rifles because they have had them burst in cold weather do not just buy a cheep stainless gun and just try it check it
out well especially were your going is very unforgiving.
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From: Ed.Harris@p0.f417.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Ed Harris)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: Stainless steel barrels
Date: 9 Oct 90 17:28:41 GMT
In article <9205@orca.wv.tek.com> jrr@nsc.nsc.com (Jerry Roe) writes:
>I believe you'll find a stainless barrel worth the money. I've seen rifle
>advertisements which suggest up to double the life of a standard steel barrel
>(can't quote which one, unfortunately). Stainless has a high chromium content,
The bore life of stainless barrels depends alot on the particular
alloy and the hardness, the method by which the barrel is made, and the
presence of machining additives. In general the use of selium or
sulphur would weigh against use of stainless in high stressed
environments due to poor notching characteristics. as typical alloys
like 416R while offering mirror finish machining, have failed when used
in M14 rifle barrels and other applications where exterior machining or
welding (as for the operating rod guide on an M14) was done. This
would also suggest against use of stainless in hot belted magnums such
as the .300 Win. or 7 mm Mag. in light sporter barrels because the
presence of sulphide stringers, which could act as stress risers, could
affect ultimate strength. Most button rifled stainless barrel are only
about 20-24 Rockwell C, whereas the lower sulphur grades which are
hammer forged are usually about .006 max. sulphur - nuclear grade
material, and are much stronger. When I was at Ruger we used a type
415 stainless for .44 Mag. Redhawk barrels and cylinders, of Rc 35
Min., and this was incredibly strong stuff. I don't know anybody else
except Steyr and HK who make barrels out of steel of this cleanliness.
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From: Rock McMillan <rock@mcmfamily.com>
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: Gun barrel metal?
Date: 21 Aug 1996 16:21:31 -0400
# #Most non-stainless steel barrels are made of AIME 4140 chrome-moly alloy
# #steel. It's tougher than a $2.00 steak, and moderately difficult to
# #machine. I don't know what alloy is used for stainless steel barrels,
# #but suspect that it's a 300-series (in the US, these are know as 18-8's,
# #reflecting the percentages of chromium and nickel).
# Not likely 300 series. These are generally too soft. Need hardness for all
# that wear on the grooves. Most references to SS firearms barrels that I
# have seen are 400 series. These can be machined in the annealed condition
# and heat treated to very high hardness.
Stainless steel was originally developed around the turn of the century and
its first application was in rifle barrels, the alloy is 410. This is a
heat-treatable martinsitic grade of stainless that is still used today in
many applications. Later a more machinable alloy was developed by adding
free machining additives to 410, this new alloy is 416. A slightly more
refined version of 416 is now used by most of the custom barrel makers in
this country, 416R. I have no idea what stainless alloy is used for pistol
barrels.
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From: Bart Bobbitt
Subject: Stainless Barrels vs. Cold Weather
Several arms companies have recently offered hunting rifles with a
stainless steel barrel. Here's some cautionary information about
stainless steel barrels.
When the temperature goes down, stainless steel has less fatigue
resistance. Its physical properties drop off with temperature.
There have been instances of stainless barrels in hunting rifles
bursting when the ambient temperature is around zero degrees, or
less.
Some custom barrel makers specifically caution against using their
stainless barrels in hunting rifles. One (Krieger) doesn't even
make sporting/hunting barrels in stainless steel. In a conversation
with B.J. Obermeyer some years ago, he told me that some of his
stainless barrels were installed in hunting rifles and used in
Alaska winter-time hunts. Some of these barrels burst when fired.
Chrome-moly (i.e., type 4140 or 4150) barrels maintain their fatigue
resistance very well in really cold temperatures. Stainless steel
(i.e, type 416R), typically used for rifle barrels, is the really
cold-weather culprit.
I'm wondering if anyone who has bought a new rifle with a stainless
steel barrel has noticed any cautions in printed material supplied
with the rifle. Even more so, I'm wondering if rifle makers even
concern themselves with this issue.
hope this helps a little i really never gave it a second thought on a rifle or pistol and thought companys would have tested it out.
Dabigmoose :roll:
