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Damn, that sucks. I picked up nitrided stuff for that reason alone.
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My BA barrel shoots well but the nitride coating is no match for the corrosive salts in the surplus primers.
Damn, that sucks. I picked up nitrided stuff for that reason alone.
I'll point out that nitride ain't perfect. You still need to clean the barrel, but you don't have to worry about rust on the way back home from the range.
My nitrided 5.45 barrel was easy to clean (like all nitrided barrels) and that was a big selling point. I also went with a gas piston option (it's a Huldra-branded upper, made by Adams Arms with a Voodoo barrel) to keep the salty crap out of my lower. But as long as you plan to clean the gun fairly promptly, you'll be fine.
Finally, Ol' Grandad marched through Europe with a Garand that had an unlined barrel and fired only corrosively primed ammunition. His drill sergeant beat "clean it often, clean it well" into Grandad's head, and as long as he followed that advice, his rifle was fine. My Korea-vintage Garand had nothing but corrosive ammo through it, and it's still beautiful (though it shows some substantial use). Corrosive ammunition is not "deadly poison to rifles." It just requires the shooter to take care of the rifle.