Near where I live ther is a company that does cryogenic freezing. I recently went on a tour of their facility as part of an article for my school newspaper. I have gone back to college in my mid-thirties in an attempt to progress my career skills(hopefully make more money)!). Anyway, they had disassembled a high performance automobile engine and frozen all the parts to arround -300 degrees. When the process is complete they reassembled the engine and they say it increased the performance of the motor by making it more tolerant to heat and other physical stresses. Somehow lowering the temperature on the parts changes the physical attributes at the molecular level.
I was intrigued. In one of their coolers I saw several shotguns and rifles of various calibers. When I asked what was going on with them , they replied that many competition shooters send their barrel and receivers to them to have the process done. Olympic sharpshooters send their weapons their all the time. It is supposed to improve accuracy, I guess, by making the weapon more tolerable to heat and pressure. and provide more consistency. Well now, I was thinking of how warm the barrel of my mini gets. When I inquired about getting the process done for myself, they told me they had an incredibly long waiting list. They have not yet done a Mini-14. They wanted all the exact specs from the factory also, so they could tell if the metal could take the process and not have any stress cracks.
We are still negotiating on price, it is kind of expensive, but if i can save up the money, and Ruger tells me that my weapon won't blow up in my face if I have it done. In a year or two when my name comes up on the list I am going to give it a try.
I thought it was a neat idea to share with all you folks.
Have a nice day!
I was intrigued. In one of their coolers I saw several shotguns and rifles of various calibers. When I asked what was going on with them , they replied that many competition shooters send their barrel and receivers to them to have the process done. Olympic sharpshooters send their weapons their all the time. It is supposed to improve accuracy, I guess, by making the weapon more tolerable to heat and pressure. and provide more consistency. Well now, I was thinking of how warm the barrel of my mini gets. When I inquired about getting the process done for myself, they told me they had an incredibly long waiting list. They have not yet done a Mini-14. They wanted all the exact specs from the factory also, so they could tell if the metal could take the process and not have any stress cracks.
We are still negotiating on price, it is kind of expensive, but if i can save up the money, and Ruger tells me that my weapon won't blow up in my face if I have it done. In a year or two when my name comes up on the list I am going to give it a try.
I thought it was a neat idea to share with all you folks.
Have a nice day!
