OK, I'll bite:
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So they resist corrosion even though nobody is using corrosive ammo? HAHA..too funny.
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Ummm, there are other kinds of corrosion that can affect a barrel. Do you honestly believe that the only way to corrode a barrel is by shooting corrosive ammo through it?
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but refrain from claiming they're superior to full steel barrels because that's simply not the case.
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I never said they're superior; just like a DI gas system they have pluses and minuses.
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If they were better, they'd be on the line at Camp Perry every year.
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There are other uses for rifles than just competition. Sure, if I'm at Camp Perry I want a stainless match barrel. But if I'm in adverse environments running a rifle hard, I want chrome lining. Yet again, it's not about which is superior, it's about what you're using it for. I love my stainless barrel AR, but I'm also not in the military anymore.
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By the way...can someone tell me one advantage that a gas system has over a piston?
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Advantages of a DI gas system is lighter weight, fewer parts, much greater parts interchangeability, no carrier tilt, higher accuracy potential, quieter when suppressed, and slightly less muzzle climb under rapid or full-auto fire.
Disadvantages are that a DI runs hotter and dirtier; if I'm doing hours of rapid or full-auto fire with no chance to clean, then I might want a good piston setup.
Again - just like chrome lining- it's not a question about which is superior, it's a question about what you need it for.