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- Thread starter Pulpit
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If you only shoot bench rest: no.
If you shoot ANYTHING besides bench rest, ever: yes.
If you shoot ANYTHING besides bench rest, ever: yes.
Buy an AK and tell lies.
What does a chrome-lined barrel get you - an extra 10k rounds? So you're extending the life of the barrel by 20% (assuming that you can get 50k out of a non-CL, non-stainless, non-melonite, chrome-moly barrel. On surpus arms and ammo, they are selling a non-CL M4 barrel for $99. If the CL barrel costs more than $120, it's not worth it. Plus, the loss in accuracy.
(my life-expectancy of barrels may be wrong)
Id say the loss in accuracy is non-existant, because for me it is. Im just not that good to notice. If I shot BR all day yeah I would probably notice haha.
So for me, the benefits outweight the drawbacks (none) and additional cost (usually pretty minimal). Dont forget corrosion and cleaning also.
So for me, the benefits outweight the drawbacks (none) and additional cost (usually pretty minimal). Dont forget corrosion and cleaning also.
For accuracy I like Non CL and a freefloating handguard. I clean after every trip so added cost for CL isn't worth it for me.
barrels ar life is 20k, they wont magically explode at 20k thats their mean life expectancy for accuracy. It is worth it if its only 20$ it is a coating that prevents corrosion and makes clean up easier as well extending barrel life
