Stainless Steel Barrel Vs Cmv

With a much higher content of chrome than regular steels.

Stainless steel barrel vs cmv.

Cmv stands for chrome moly vanadium and compared to stainless steel its a little less accurate but a lot stronger. When you go out and shop for a nitrided barrel you re going to see both standard 4150 cmv and stainless options. I wanted your input on how 416r would hold up vs something like 4150 cmv steel barrel. I have always heard that stainless shoots better but would not hold up as good under repeated rapid fire not talking about full auto and was easier ruined than a steel barrel.

A 16 inch barrel isn t designed for superbly long range. The last thing i wanted to talk about was the market. Stainless steel is designed for corrosion resistance. Excessive heat can change the metallurgy and warp the barrel and make it less accurate over time but if you are nice to it and and not dropping rounds like john wick then it should last up to 15 000 20 000 rounds.

This chromium forms a passive film of chromium oxide about the outer surface which prevents corrosion by blocking oxygen diffusion at the surface and preventing its spread into the internal structure of the metal. Then we would suggest our ar 15 416r stainless steel barrels. The cmv barrel makes sense when it is only 16 inches long. Now you have a sense of what nitriding is and what it s good for.