Is chrome moly ever worth it?
I've been kicking around the idea of building a retro sytle gun like an SP1 carbine. The one thing that has held me back is finding a lightweight barrel. I don't want to do anything with the project until I can secure a barrel. Well I found a double star (i can live with that) barrel in the profile I want. The problem is that it's chrome moly:mad:. Normally I try to stay with high or decent quality components so thinking about using a chrome moly barrel is a tough sell. Considering it's meant to be a retro rifle and not a combat arm, chrome moly wouldn't be such a big deal, however I'm sure I'll end up using it as a truck rifle since it would be much light than my current one. I'll bet that the gun won't see more than 300 rounds a year. Can anyone sway me one way or the other on this? Currently I'm kind of leaning towards waiting until bushmaster can get caught up on barrels and buy form them, but at the same time I wanted to have this project completed this summer before I go back to school and the chrome moly barrel is available right now.