Good coatings on good parts are good but not all coatings and parts are good. Factor in application of coatings and QC would lead to added expense. You’re not going to sell the finished product cheap.
Flashback a few years ago and me and a buddy decided to buy some Black Friday bargain barrels from what was touted on the net as a great barrel for a great price. Both were junk and after a conversation I had with the owner of said company, he had changed companies for their nitride process. They screwed up lots of barrels.
But hey they were coated and cheap!
