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<blockquote data-quote="rc508pir" data-source="post: 3108668" data-attributes="member: 40091"><p>Guide rod yes, slide and barrel not so much. A stainless slide and barrel aren't as strong as 4150 slide and barrel that are on the Glock. Plus the Glock barrel is cold hammer forged.</p><p></p><p>The only benefit of stainless is the corrosion resistance, but the Nitriding on the slide and barrel destroys that resistance. Even though the Nitriding itself is corrosion resistant and surface hardens the steel.</p><p></p><p>Nitrided steel only has a micro thin surface hardness though. The Glock slide that is 4150 steel is harder throughout the steel. THe cold hammer forged barrel is also harder through out.</p><p></p><p>Does it make a difference? Yes, if you shoot 1000 or more, rds through one gun a month. And yeah there are some guys that shoot that much.</p><p></p><p>Even the glock not having a stainless guide rod is going to shoot many thousands of rounds without a stainless guide rod upgrade, which are pretty cheap by the way.</p><p></p><p>The M&P is still a excellent gun, but its not a glock. You dont hear stories on the net about M&Ps having 50,000 plus rds through the barrel like Glocks do.</p><p></p><p>For general purposes, you could go with either one and never notice a difference between the two. The same goes with any of the top names, like Walther, HK, Sig, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rc508pir, post: 3108668, member: 40091"] Guide rod yes, slide and barrel not so much. A stainless slide and barrel aren't as strong as 4150 slide and barrel that are on the Glock. Plus the Glock barrel is cold hammer forged. The only benefit of stainless is the corrosion resistance, but the Nitriding on the slide and barrel destroys that resistance. Even though the Nitriding itself is corrosion resistant and surface hardens the steel. Nitrided steel only has a micro thin surface hardness though. The Glock slide that is 4150 steel is harder throughout the steel. THe cold hammer forged barrel is also harder through out. Does it make a difference? Yes, if you shoot 1000 or more, rds through one gun a month. And yeah there are some guys that shoot that much. Even the glock not having a stainless guide rod is going to shoot many thousands of rounds without a stainless guide rod upgrade, which are pretty cheap by the way. The M&P is still a excellent gun, but its not a glock. You dont hear stories on the net about M&Ps having 50,000 plus rds through the barrel like Glocks do. For general purposes, you could go with either one and never notice a difference between the two. The same goes with any of the top names, like Walther, HK, Sig, etc. [/QUOTE]
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