Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Gunsmithing Nitride finishing, is it safe?

I'm interested in nitriding a couple of actions. Not concerned so much about the barrels.

Seems like there's a lot of conflicting information floating around the web on Nitride finishing and I'm not sure what to make of it. All things considered, it looks like it has the best qualities of any metal finish for a gun but I see a lot of folks questioning the integrity of the steel, for firearms use, once the procedure is done given the extreme heats involved. I've also read that it can throw specs off.

I have no idea but certainly don't want to compromise my equipment.

Any opinions or experiences with nitriding?