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aluminum barrels have to be coated, and although the anodizing coating is very hard, the material beneath it is not. So it gets scratched anyway.
Doesn't matter if you can make it to the same accuracy as the PDI barrels or not, ultimately they're disposable since they're so easy to scratch. Lose 2 barrels and you might as well have bought a PDI in the first place.
Brass is good. Fairly hard, good temperature stability, great for machining. Downside is it can tarnish. It mostly gets a bad rep because stock barrels are brass and are typically low quality. But there's nothing wrong with a high end brass barrel as long as you keep it clean.
Stainless is harder, resists oxidation better than anything else, doesn't need to be coated, and holds excellent tolerances in machining. Best material to be used.
But there's still tolerances in the industry, JUST because it's stainless, doesn't automatically mean it's GOOD.
The industry standards are the PDI 6.01/6.05 lines, and the prometheus 6.03 lines.
prometheus ASH and PDI raven lines tend to be sub-par, as they are meant as competition to cheaper lines. It's like Ferrari making a $35,000 car. People will buy it because it's a Ferrari, but it'll be complete garbage.
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