Hello all,

In reference to this post:
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=83136

"The Smith sports a full-profile barrel of American 4140 Steel. The bolt carrier and gas key are chromed, and the barrel sports their Melonite coating. Smith claims that the bare bones approach has no effect on durability. They’ve fed two M&P15 Sport test rifles a combined ~170,000 rounds of various brands of ammunition without any [visible] damage to the Melonite finishing process"

does anyone know or can give and educated guess on whether or not the S&W Melonite coated barrel will outlast a Noveske chrome lined barrel?

I thought the article interesting in that the 1/8 gain twist and Melonite coated barrel did pretty well. 170K rounds through 2 prototypes seems like a pretty high round count as I doubt they were easy on them....

Your thoughts on the potential of Melonite coated barrels?

Regards.