>>344153"most" firearm parts. Not the parts that actually need to operate under pressure. Not the barrel. Well made axes have a softer steel behind the cutting edge, but the edge is a higher quality steel...so, too, for firearms. The part that is actually exsposed to pressure is a MUCH higher quality component than the rest of the gun. And when the rest of the gun is so bad that it fails...
Picture related. THAT is what MIM gun parts do. Sure, they are "just as good", really.
You keep making false comparisons...and even then, even in the context of your moronic, uninformed concept, you're wrong.