| I will answer for Don on the chrome no chrome decision.
1) The chrome lined barrels of today are FAR better than those of yester-year, the process itself has been refined.
2) A good quality chrome barrel will out shoot most shooters skill.
3) Direct Impingement, the ARs mode of operation, is a dirty filthy mess with the only redeeming quality being accuracy. (Something to do with barrel harmonics.)
4) Chrome lined IS much easier to clean, those that say different probably don't run their guns hard enough to notice the benefit.
My advice when putting together your first AR is this, build the gun to be battle worthy, save the "fun" configurations for later on. |