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Slater
03-03-23, 07:54
From HK's German website, P30 section:

"Low-wear: HK precision barrel made of cold hammer-forged and hard chrome-plated special steel with polygonal profile."

Wasn't aware that the P30 had a chrome-lined barrel. Or maybe the wording is referring to something else?


https://www.heckler-koch.com/en/Products/Military%20and%20Law%20Enforcement/Pistols/P30?section=variants&s=true
HKGuns
03-03-23, 07:57
I'm not seeing a question.
Slater
03-03-23, 08:00
Does the P30 indeed have a chromed bore?
Coal Dragger
03-03-23, 19:56
I’ve never observed one stateside that did.
pag23
03-03-23, 20:38
I'll check mine tomorrow, but I don't believe so
Slater
03-03-23, 20:52
I'm beginning to think that whoever wrote that description got rifle barrels mixed up with handgun barrels. Marketing types aren't all technically knowlegeable.
m4brian
03-04-23, 11:33
I'm beginning to think that whoever wrote that description got rifle barrels mixed up with handgun barrels. Marketing types aren't all technically knowlegeable.

Truth. MAYBE they all of the sudden chrome lined them, but I doubt it. And the HK USA site doesn't say it...
1986s4
03-04-23, 14:28
This from the same company that loads ammunition in magazines backwards...
1_click_off
03-04-23, 21:08
My P30 barrel is just as black on the inside as the outside. No chrome here.
Adrenaline_6
03-05-23, 16:55
This from the same company that loads ammunition in magazines backwards...
That was hilarious, but in all fairness, it was the photographer doing the shoot.

My P30s barrel is not chrome lined.
Pappabear
03-08-23, 10:34
None of my Hk handguns have CL barrels. We always hear about the Polygonal rifling, but not CL.

PB
Defaultmp3
03-08-23, 10:45
AFAIK, the only H&K pistols that have had chrome-lined barrels were the MK23 Mod 0/MARK 23, though there are certain batches that did not.
m4brian
03-13-23, 06:43
Frankly I don't even expect big companies to even know their specs that well on their firearms. SIG doesn't know the weights of their guns and they don't realize that if they didn't drive their MPX stock screws in with HD impact wrenches and permanent loctite, they COULD be reversed and work on either side. Some of their techs know this, but most don't. Just one example of likely many.