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Armalite E-15 .223 Wylde 1/8 budget AR15

Any word on whether the barrel is melonited? Kinda looks like it, but I'm no expert.
Not sure. But, I did grab this info from their site:

What is the difference between Armalite and Eagle Arms?
There are normally very few differences. Armalite rifles are the top of the company’s line. They tend to be more up to date and include higher quality parts such as chrome lined barrels. They are produced from selected forging. However, internally, they use exactly the same parts. Eagle Arms rifles are intended to compete with lower priced brands. They are extremely high quality rifles in their own right. Armalite used to use only “Armalite” lower receivers for actual factory built guns and sold “Eagle Arms” as stripped lower and upper receivers. This was to differentiate between the two different warranties. Armalite has a lifetime warranty and EA has a one year only warranty. Armalite now offers “Armalite” stripped lowers for sale.


Each barrel has advantages suited to different uses.

Armalite’s chrome moly barrels have excellent internal surface finishes, and offer excellent accuracy for a reasonable price. Chrome lined barrels offer excellent corrosion protection and longer life expectancy, but are more expensive than unchromed barrels. In addition, the process of electro polishing the barrels, and the chroming process itself, tends to reduce accuracy somewhat. Stainless is easy to process to fine surface finishes, and provides moderate corrosion resistance.

Thus, chrome moly is used for Eagle Arms standard rifles, for good accuracy at a low price. Armalite A2 and A4 rifles, in both .223 / 5.56 and .308 / 7.62 normally are produced with chrome lined barrels for hard service use or use under adverse conditions, with stainless steel as an option. All Armalite match grade rifles, the Ts and National Match rifles, are made with stainless steel barrels for superior accuracy and good corrosion resistance.
 
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