gas port erosion

new to ARs. read somewhere on here that the gas port erodes over time due to the hot gases in the DI system. how much of an issue is this?

  1. is it the gas port in the barrel that erodes?
  2. is there a general round count where this starts to become an issue?
  3. erosion concern with a gas piston system?

do colts, noveskes and LMTs all use the same gas port size? saw a recent post that LMTs use a “small” gas port. no idea how small “small” is.

thx.

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