Originally Posted by
variablebinary
I had an LWRC M6A1 with nitride CHF barrel. I didnt find it any easier to clean than a chrome lined barrel. Just ran a bore snake through, and that was it.
It was a good barrel. Very accurate. If there a rack of rifles, spotting the LWRC's is easy because nitride barrels have a very distinctive look
And Robinson Armament found that nitride can make an M&M effect on barrels where you have this very hard outer shell, but very soft inner core, which is not a good thing when the barrels are pushed hard.
They were nitriding everything on the M96 back in 2000, so they have quite a bit of experience with the process