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Faxon Firearms .223 Wylde Gunner Profile AR-15 Rifle Barrel
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Scrap's Review of Faxon Firearms .223 Wylde Gunner Profile AR-15 Rifle Barrel
If you don't much about Faxon Barrels, they are somewhat unique in the way they are manufactured. Most barrels and Mil-Spec is to use a chrome based lining down the bore of the barrel. Chrome (or chome alloy / chrome moly) provides a few things; lubricity because it's so smooth, abrasion resistance and it's pretty robust for corrosion resistance. However, it's a lining, and the lining is actually quite thin. That said, it would take tens of thousands of rounds to burn out a barrel like that.
There are some fairly good arguments from both sides about whether chrome lined barrels are more or less accurate than unlined steel barrels, however, it's a trade off - no chrome lining = corrosion and rust, chrome lining = potentially less accurate but more reliable.
What Faxon does a bit differently is manufacture the barrel and the nitride the entire barrel, inside and out. Nitriding is basically forcing nitrogen in to the steel itself (a few thousandths of an inch). Nitriding is anywhere from 1 - 4x more corrosion resistant then chrome, and you get that in the entire barrel.
It's not all rainbows and unicorns though; Nitride theoretically could fail faster than a chrome lined barrel (in specific conditions, firing full auto until the barrel is extremely hot, think like belt fed).
With that in mind, I've found that nitrided barrels are, for most purposes, going to be a little more homogenous than their chrome lined counter parts and I do think the benefits outweigh what could be construed as the negatives. I think Faxon does a really good job with it. They do a few other slightly unique things to the barrel as well; Button, 5R Rifling (button rifling "pushes" the grooves in to the steel rather than milling them which leaves residue, burrs, sharp edges, etc...)
Thus far, this barrel (and a few other Faxon ones I have) have exceeded my expectations, in weight, accuracy, fit and finish. I'd buy more of them, and in fact, it's my go to barrel these days for new builds.
There are some fairly good arguments from both sides about whether chrome lined barrels are more or less accurate than unlined steel barrels, however, it's a trade off - no chrome lining = corrosion and rust, chrome lining = potentially less accurate but more reliable.
What Faxon does a bit differently is manufacture the barrel and the nitride the entire barrel, inside and out. Nitriding is basically forcing nitrogen in to the steel itself (a few thousandths of an inch). Nitriding is anywhere from 1 - 4x more corrosion resistant then chrome, and you get that in the entire barrel.
It's not all rainbows and unicorns though; Nitride theoretically could fail faster than a chrome lined barrel (in specific conditions, firing full auto until the barrel is extremely hot, think like belt fed).
With that in mind, I've found that nitrided barrels are, for most purposes, going to be a little more homogenous than their chrome lined counter parts and I do think the benefits outweigh what could be construed as the negatives. I think Faxon does a really good job with it. They do a few other slightly unique things to the barrel as well; Button, 5R Rifling (button rifling "pushes" the grooves in to the steel rather than milling them which leaves residue, burrs, sharp edges, etc...)
Thus far, this barrel (and a few other Faxon ones I have) have exceeded my expectations, in weight, accuracy, fit and finish. I'd buy more of them, and in fact, it's my go to barrel these days for new builds.
Pros:
- Accurate
- Nitride Finish
Cons:
- None
Would Recommend:
Yes
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