Chrome Moly Steel Barrel
These 41 steels contain 0 15 0 25 molybdenum and 0 80 1 10 chromium in their composition.
Chrome moly steel barrel. In europe vanadium and nickel steel alloys are preferred. Chrome moly barrels always outlast stainless steel barrels but only by a narrow margin. When properly manufactured and heat treated they are chemically almost identical and perform similarly. Is called sae 4140 chrome molybdenum or chrome moly steel.
Different shooters have their preferences but here are some general guidelines. It all depends on what type of shooting you are doing. Alloy steels suitable barrel alloys include types having varying amounts of chromium molybdenum vanadium nickel and manganese as alloying metals. What is the best barrel length.
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. Which one is better. Any steel with 41 as the first two numbers are known as chromium molybdenum steels. The 4140 ar barrel steel has the 41 for the first two numbers.
M16 m4 mil spec barrels are made of chrome molly steel with chrome lined bores and chambers. A popular example and perennial favorite in the u s. So let s detail the pros of chrome molly steel barrels that have chrome lined bores and chambers first. Why in the world would i choose an expensive stainless steel barrel over a steel barrel after learning all this information about these two steels.