Any thoughts on this idea?? The place I send my drivetrain parts to has prices listed for firearms components, so somebody must be doing it regularly. Firearm in question is a Savage Arms Long Range Precision Varminter in a .223- HEAVY stainless barrel for those that arent aware of it.

Part 2 of the question- If I did go through with this, should I "break in" the barrel first before I send it off for treatment??

Any thoughts on this idea?? The place I send my drivetrain parts to has prices listed for firearms components, so somebody must be doing it regularly. Firearm in question is a Savage Arms Long Range Precision Varminter in a .223- HEAVY stainless barrel for those that arent aware of it.

Part 2 of the question- If I did go through with this, should I "break in" the barrel first before I send it off for treatment??

Some people think it is tits and some think it is a waste of money. Who knows?

cryo works the same for guns and axle parts. It doesn't make it stronger it improves the wear characteristics. If you going to put 100 rounds down range a year its not worth the money. 100 a day it might be worth it. I don't know what the average life of a .223 barrel is. However we have some range guns that its not unusual for them to see 300-400 rounds of 9mm a day on a regular basis. The cryo guns definately last longer.

I am curious about the cryo on 9mm (pistols or carbines?). Could you quantify the difference in longevity?

I've read articles about it on rifles.
One was a long term test. The author concluded there was no difference in the wear, or accuracy, between the treated and non treated rifle. He kept very good records and posted the shot count, accuracy, types loads, etc. in the article.

He also classified his conclusions. He stated that he started with a premium stainless barrels. Improving it would be hard to do.
If he had started with a softer type metal, he speculated that it would be more likely to see tangible results.

It basically was a test to see if it made a difference. Service life went from 6-8 months to 10-12 months. It think it was maybe 40 dollars to have the guns cryo'd.

That's an extreme situation. I don't know any individual who puts that much lead down range. It may not be worth it for an individual.

What kinda guns are we talking about though?

Can we get Bobby to make Longfield super barrels?

Well here is my .02 on this. If it is something that soots well and you will shoot the barrel out of at some point then it is worth doing. If it is something that shoots well and you will never shoot the barrel out then don't bother. Now if it is somehting that doesn't shoot well and it really should then for sure sent it in. Most of the guns I have ever gotten were ones sent to me by a smith that for one reason or another the gun didn't shoot as tight of groups as it should. I do the super freeze to it and then from that point on it did shoot well.