This looks a bit like the technology that Colt Defense bought a few years ago. Super hard, super slick.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16102-material-slicker-than-teflon-discovered-by-accident.html
“…The “ceramic alloy” is created by combining a metal alloy of boron, aluminium and magnesium (AlMgB14) with titanium boride (TiB2). It is the hardest material after diamond and cubic boron nitride…”
“…BAM is much slipperier than Teflon, with a coefficient of friction of .02 compared to .05. Lubricated steel has a friction coefficient of 0.16…”