Is a non-chrome lined barrel on an AR a dealbreaker?

[NC-Mike]

I just bought a DPMS upper and it's not chrome lined. My Sig 556 is not chrome lined either.

I don't care, I've got some chrome lined AR's to use if its rainin that day.

 

[.38 Special]

Time for some folks in this thread to take a deep breath and step away from the keyboard, I think. There are an awful lot of almost-but-not-quite insults and insinuations of lying being flung around. There's no reason for any of it. If you have something practical and factual to say about chrome lined or unlined barrels, say it. If what you have to say is about "the kind of people who own..." then it is probably best left unsaid.

Then I'm guessing you don't want to hear my opinion on amateur moderators...

 

[Joe Demko]

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[Joe Demko]

Feel free to report my post if you think I was out of line. Use the little red triangle or pm a moderator.

 

[.38 Special]

Relax, mate, I'm not angry. I'm just worried that you might accidentally choke yourself with that homemade hall monitor sash.

 

[FlyinBryan]

first things first. lets be civil and try to keep this place constructive.


back to the thread,,,,,,

you could almost get the impression here sometimes that chrome lined rifles gain longevity at the cost of accuracy.

Okay, I'm waiting to hear about all the -MOA groups.

I shoot a lot of competition with the AR and when I see a question like this and the answers I see, boy-o-boy...

There are more Olympic caliber shooters on the internet than in reality.

i will not sit here and claim my chrome lined rifle will shoot sub moa, but its really accurate enough for me:







these are from a 16" chrome lined bushmaster. it truly will do it all day long and definitly averages under an inch. all were fired a few weeks ago before i installed the free float handgaurd in the picture, which i hope will improve accuracy at least a little.

i cant imagine a non-chrome standard rifle barrel doing that much better, so i dont know what to think about the accuracy disadvantages of chrome lined vs non chrome lined. (not including heavy target barrells, which mine is not.)

i clean my rifle everytime i shoot so non chrome wouldnt be an issue for me anyway, except for how easy this one cleans up. just a few patches and it looks like a mirror from chamber to muzzle.


(on a side note, are those considered "sub moa" ?

 

[Art Eatman]

When a fella tries to interject a modicum of sanity into a series of childish, emotional commentaries, the last thing that's justified is a bunch of sarcasm.

Sarcasm gets threads closed.

Didn't it?

, Art