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Posted: 7/2/2017 3:05:11 PM EDT
| I'm building my first AR-15 from scratch and am currently looking at which barrel to buy but the different types of materials are confusing - melonite, stainless, phoshpate, etc... Does it really matter what type I get? I dont plan on shooting competitively, just casually. |
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I'm building my first AR-15 from scratch and am currently looking at which barrel to buy but the different types of materials are confusing - melonite, stainless, phoshpate, etc... Does it really matter what type I get? I dont plan on shooting competitively, just casually. If you are just going to casually shoot, then any of them will hold up just fine. |
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If you are just going to casually shoot, then any of them will hold up just fine. I have a standard phosphate barrel from ESS. I have 6k rounds through it and it's fine. 6 x $299 (per 1k of ammo) Takes a lot of range time and $1800 to get there. |
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Your type/volume of shooting will dictate your need.
I have unlined 4150 grade bbls with +6k on them that still shoot fine. Mostly .223 ammo. For blasting and higher volume, I use my CLd bbls. I have only 1 nitrided bbl, ~1500 rds so far (mixed 556/223), no issues thus far. If accuracy is your goal, SS tends to have an edge. |
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