Those are both true statements.But it served my bro well in both North Africa,and Vietnam.Battlefield pickups.He survived numerous campains only to die of a heart attack on my wifes shift at the hospital where she worked. :(
Hey brother Jimmy,thanks for your service.If you gonna get something new that nickel boron coating looks interesting.My 5.56/.308 BCG are phosphate and I'm ok with them.When I wipe lube on outside it is a rough surface but not a problem for me.
Like brother Jon said my RRA cause of FAL mags.But probably if that carped out due to a broken spring[Had a good friend that was a Legionaire]He said next to the rifle spare springs are in order because if one fails try finding one.It would be what the enemy was using [probably com-block] because of spare parts and ammo.Also the confusion caused by the different sound of round would help .