Nitride a barrel?

[Justice1327]

Have a bunch of experience with nitrided barrels. Nothing bad ever. Of particular note are nitrided AR15 barrels. The gas ports hold up much better to metal migration. A regular stainless steel barrel will get quite a lot of build up/migration at the gas port and I believe this is why so many say they have to break in a new stainless AR barrels before they show consistent precision. This is an instance where a borescope is beneficial.

BTW, I just put the first 20rnds through a 416R stainless nitrided 308 AR barrel. I'll be keeping an eye on it, as this is my first stainless nitrided barrel.

Who do you send your barrels to?

 

[Brathany]

Who do you send your barrels to?

They come Nitrided.

 

[Brathany]

Very happy with this clean and practically untouched gas port. This isn't typical with untreated 416R. I have some crime scene photos of those! LOL