benEzra
Moderator Emeritus
The barrel of a Glock (and some Walthers and Steyrs) is treated with a carbon nitride process inside and out, which makes it more corrosion resistant than hard chroming.A question. Is Gork now making the barrels of their pistols out of plastic also? Just wondered since someone above seemed to be claiming that a Gick! won't rust. But it would seem to me that a steel barrel's interior would sorta kinda tend to be in the white ya know, what with all those moderately abrasive bullets & flame fronts passing (hopefully) through it. And, believe it or not, bare steel can rust. Except apparantly when placed in a Gack! pistol.
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenifer
The Tenifer finish on a Glock is the third and final hardening process. It is 0.05 millimeters thick and produces a 64 Rockwell C (diamond cone) hardness rating via a 500 °C nitride bath. The final matte, non-glare finish meets or exceeds stainless steel specifications, is 85% more corrosion resistant than a hard chrome finish, and is 99.9% salt-water corrosion resistant.
Here's a description of the carbon nitriding process, for those interested:
http://www.keighleylabs.co.uk/tufftride.html