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<blockquote data-quote="Bed Wetter" data-source="post: 31090" data-attributes="member: 428"><p>Paging Kentucky Windage, SDMF, et al.</p><p></p><p>A lot of Mil/LE rifle manufacturers are moving to nitride treated or melonite barrels. Word is its more durable than chrome lining, maintains better accuracy, make cleaning easier, and improves velocity. Anyone here have experience with melonite/nitride treated barrels on large caliber or long range rifles? How about high round counts?</p><p></p><p>If the usable life of a 6.5 credmor bbl is 700-1000 rounds, why not pay $75 to have it nitrided and triple the life span?</p><p></p><p>This guy had a PWS AR15 with 14" melonite bbl. After 23,000 rds, still shot 10 round group .7" with 77gr loads (long bullet probably compensated for throat erosion): <a href="http://forum.snipershide.info/showthread.php?t=68421&page=7" target="_blank">http://forum.snipershide.info/showthread.php?t=68421&page=7</a></p><p></p><p>Some gunmakers using melonite rifle barrels in .223, .308:</p><p>PWS</p><p>LWRC</p><p>Sig Sauer</p><p>Adams Arms</p><p>Bushmaster/Remington (ACR)</p><p>Smith & Wesson</p><p>Spike's Tactical</p><p>Robinson(?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bed Wetter, post: 31090, member: 428"] Paging Kentucky Windage, SDMF, et al. A lot of Mil/LE rifle manufacturers are moving to nitride treated or melonite barrels. Word is its more durable than chrome lining, maintains better accuracy, make cleaning easier, and improves velocity. Anyone here have experience with melonite/nitride treated barrels on large caliber or long range rifles? How about high round counts? If the usable life of a 6.5 credmor bbl is 700-1000 rounds, why not pay $75 to have it nitrided and triple the life span? This guy had a PWS AR15 with 14" melonite bbl. After 23,000 rds, still shot 10 round group .7" with 77gr loads (long bullet probably compensated for throat erosion): [url]http://forum.snipershide.info/showthread.php?t=68421&page=7[/url] Some gunmakers using melonite rifle barrels in .223, .308: PWS LWRC Sig Sauer Adams Arms Bushmaster/Remington (ACR) Smith & Wesson Spike's Tactical Robinson(?) [/QUOTE]
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