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huntsimp
08-20-10, 18:13
Are all Noveske SS Barrels chrome-lined?
Hmac
08-20-10, 18:42
I don't think any stainless steel barrels are chrome lined.
Belmont31R
08-20-10, 18:43
Just the "Lite" series are CL. The SS barrels are not, and Im actually not aware of any CL SS barrels at all.
spamsammich
08-20-10, 18:47
Noveske had a very limited run of chrome lined SS barrels several years ago but the cost to produce them was too high for the demand and they got the axe.
Belmont31R
08-20-10, 18:49
Noveske had a very limited run of chrome lined SS barrels several years ago but the cost to produce them was too high for the demand and they got the axe.




Are you talking about the 17-4 barrels or something else?
spamsammich
08-20-10, 19:21
Are you talking about the 17-4 barrels or something else?
yeah, apparently it really ate up tools
Hmac
08-20-10, 19:40
yeah, apparently it really ate up tools

Those barrels were $1000 a copy.
Army Chief
08-20-10, 21:06
I'm aware of the 17-4 barrels, but this is the first time I've heard any reference to them possibly being chrome-lined. Not sure what the point of that would even be, given the inherent corrision resistance and extreme hardness of that particular steel.

AC
mtdawg169
08-20-10, 21:16
I don't remember if it was 17-4 or not, but Noveske definitely did a run a CL / SS barrels a few years back, maybe 5 years ago. I think the idea was a compromise between the accuracy of the SS barrrels and the durability of CL. This was before the N4 Light barrels were available.
mcmillanman5
08-20-10, 23:05
I remember the chrome lined SS barrels as well, it was a run they did. They were not the same as the 17-4 barrels. There used to be pics on the Noveske site but they are not there anymore.
Belmont31R
08-20-10, 23:08
yeah, apparently it really ate up tools




Yeah but Id like an SS barrel that doesnt lose its accuracy in 10k rounds under "moderate" conditions.
Hmac
08-21-10, 06:43
Yeah but Id like an SS barrel that doesnt lose its accuracy in 10k rounds under "moderate" conditions.

20,000 rounds, since you could buy two standard stainless steel barrels for the cost of one Noveske 17-4.
akxx
08-23-10, 14:40
Yeah but Id like an SS barrel that doesnt lose its accuracy in 10k rounds under "moderate" conditions.

That would be the 'standard' Noveske SS barrels.
Ratfink
08-23-10, 21:37
ive got 7000 rounds through my afghan now and its just as accurate as ever
decodeddiesel
08-24-10, 16:10
ive got 7000 rounds through my afghan now and its just as accurate as ever

Really leaning hard toward an Afghan barrel for my next build.
R1ru
08-24-10, 21:41
ive got 7000 rounds through my afghan now and its just as accurate as ever

+1 here as well. I have a Noveske VIS upper with there Afghan barrel and it shoot very very tight groups.
smithjd
08-25-10, 19:32
Another VIS-2 with Afghan SS barrel owner. It is my go to rifle. Been absolutely reliable,and is absolutely accurate. The only time I really tried to shoot a group at range was confirming zero at 300 with Hornady 75 gr TAP and put 5 rounds in about 4 inches on the left side of a small paper plate, with a 4x scope.

The only downside is that its a heavier upper than others.
Julian
08-26-10, 04:59
Here too, this one is my favorite and the others are good stuff also. The afgan made it's way to the top of my list.
huntsimp
08-26-10, 15:11
Are you guys running the Afghan w/ perm-attached flash-hider?
Julian
08-26-10, 16:31
I am using the Troy claymore, mig welded it when I decided I liked it.