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Chrome lined barrels????

huntergarrethuntergarret Member Posts: 702 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2008 in Ask the Experts
What is the real benefit?
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    steel shot wont scratch it.
    Retired Naval Aviation
    Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
    Former NSSA All American
    Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
    MO, CT, VA.
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  • huntergarrethuntergarret Member Posts: 702 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sorry....in a Rifle.
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  • Sig220_Ruger77Sig220_Ruger77 Member Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The barrel will last longer.

    Jon
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  • charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Chrome is like 7 times harder than steel and does not rust very easy.
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    Makes cleaning a breeze compared to regular steel.


    As for how much better it is....ask a Nam vet who was around when the chromed lined M16's made it into circulation.
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  • AZEXAZEX Member Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Chrome-lining has several advantages and one disadvantage.

    1. It's hard.
    2. It does not corrode easily.
    3. It wears well, and is especially suited to longevity in full auto.
    4. It eases extraction of spent cases, even laquered steel
    5. It's easy to clean.

    It's one major disadvantage, and the reason that it's not used in hyper-accurate rifles, is that when a barrel is rifled using the traditional broach method, there are always small imperfections that affect accuracy. Lapping a barrel or break-in of a barrel can be done in a non-chrome lined barrel. A chrome lined barrel doesn't "break in" in the traditional sense, it simply wears away, starting at the throat.

    D.
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