Just to clairify a bit, When you guys are talking about a "Titanium Carrier"....I believe you mean a Titanium Nitrided Coated carrier, a finish like hard chroming right?
They do machine a carrier from a solid chunk of Titanium ( not a coating ), but they cost cubic dollars. The last one I sold went for $750.00 U.S. They are a very light (1/3 the weight of a standard AR-15 carrier) and cut bolt slam and felt recoil in half and boy the gun cycles VERY fast. When someone shoots one of my carbines for the first time, the first thing they do is pull it off their shoulder to look to see if it is jamed cause it cycles so fast the feel is as if it locked back, or jamed.
They do machine a carrier from a solid chunk of Titanium ( not a coating ), but they cost cubic dollars. The last one I sold went for $750.00 U.S. They are a very light (1/3 the weight of a standard AR-15 carrier) and cut bolt slam and felt recoil in half and boy the gun cycles VERY fast. When someone shoots one of my carbines for the first time, the first thing they do is pull it off their shoulder to look to see if it is jamed cause it cycles so fast the feel is as if it locked back, or jamed.