Let me get this straight..So the WW2 era weapons didn't have Crome lining, but the '16s are "better" ok I got it😉
I don’t think you took that quite right. I was contrasting how they were able to use the WWII era weapons without all the big rust related issues that the M16 had, and the difference was, they had cleaning equipment for the WWII stuff, but didn’t have it for the M16’s. I see that is THE biggest critical failure with the roll out of the M16. That’s why the chambers got so badly rusted that rounds would get stuck in the chamber once fired. Even without the chrome lining they could have averted that kind of damage to their weapons if they just had cleaning equipment. That really was the point. To Jimmy’s point though, they really should have spec’d the rifle with a chrome bore.
