Most ars have these barrels unless they are topped with a stainless bull barrel.
Chrome moly vs stainless steel barrel accuracy.
It is also easier to apply a fine hand lapped finish to a stainless bore.
All of mine are blued chrome moly vs 1 stainless up to this point and just wondered accuracy wise i don t shoot groups on paper i prefer steel or clays i can t tell a difference and it seems both require about the same amount of maintenance.
Over 90 of high grade match barrels are made from stainless steel.
First let s have a discussion about the chemical elements of each material and how their properties effect barrel life accuracy and cost.
The barrel length can sometimes make up for this but chrome lined barrels are battle barrels meant to take abuse of sand and all kinds of materials except moisture.
Steel is alloyed with other metals like nickel and chrome as well as other non metals such as carbon sulfur and silicon.
Faxon is often asked which barrel material we d recommend for a given application.
Accuracy wise perhaps 99 of barrels used in competitive br are ss if there was any.
The fella at brux told me that the chrome moly was every bit as accurate and the only real difference he knew of was that a stainless barrel craps out all at once when its usable life is over with and that a chrome barrel will gradually go away and not all at once.
Chrome moly or stainless steel.
Chrome lined barrels are rigid and most of the time not as accurate as good stainless barrel.
The highest grade of each series of steels carbon and stainless respectively.