Opinion of my next purchase

[William J]

Hello, New to the site and the AR shooting world in general. This is to be my next purchase for my A2. My question is the Nickel Boron vs Chrome Lined BCG, is it better? Does it require any special care or cleaning? The reason I ask this came up on FB today Black Mil Spec 16" A2 Kit, w/Nickel Boron BCG| Better Pricing And it has free shipping if I can make up my mind today. I guess I just wanted someones input who have put more rounds down range than myself.

Thanks

 

[OutdoorDad]

Are you building an AR?
or buying a BCG for backup to your current rifle?

 

[William J]

Swapping out the stock one I have now. Want to improve and upgrade.

 

[jinks]

With Labor Day weekend coming I would expect build kits to be available for less than the what you posted. I used different types of bolt carrier groups and I haven't found much difference that couldn't be fixed with a good extractor, heavy spring, or o-ring. The coating on the bolt carrier shouldn't make make much difference on an AR15 for causal use. The standard bolt carrier has the interior of the key and carrier chrome lined and the specially coated bolt carriers usually rely on the specially coating in these areas. For most AR15 I would use a standard bolt carrier group unless the specially coated group were only slightly more expensive.

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[William J]

Thanks for your feedback, I'll keep an eye out for the possible sales.