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Posted: 7/25/2014 10:42:00 AM EDT
| Whatbwould you rather have on your ar? Ma stainless steel button rifled barrel or a cold hammer forged barrel? Price being equal |
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Stainless is generally touted as more accurate, but chrome moly, if made by a good manufacturer, *can* be slightly more accurate. More important than barrel material is how much care was used when making the barrel.
Either way, Chrome Moly is harder than stainless, and will last longer. Chrome-lined even longer. |
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Stainless is generally touted as more accurate, but chrome moly, if made by a good manufacturer, *can* be slightly more accurate. More important than barrel material is how much care was used when making the barrel. Either way, Chrome Moly is harder than stainless, and will last longer. Chrome-lined even longer. And nitride QPQ SN (melonite) treated CM or CMV barrel steel has the hardness and corrosion resistance of chrome lining and the accuracy of stainless. And the hardening is at the molecular level and protects the entire barrel, not merely the bore. High power shooters at the national level are having their stainless match barrels treated QPQ SN nitride now. |
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