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- From: grl@drutx.ATT.COM (Randy Lyman)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Barrel hardness
- Message-ID: <22973@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 17:17:44 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- RE: Barrel Hardness
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- Bill Pate (PATE@VXC.UNCWIL.EDU) posted:
-
- # I was not aware that barrels were tempered or even very hard. If they were,
- # I think they would crack under the pressure surge of firing. Barrels bend very
- # readily, which further leads me to believe they are not hardened and
- # tempered like tools. . .
-
- My father in law builds model cannons from scratch. His coworkers
- (other tool makers like himself with some knowledge of firearms)
- warned him to use cold rolled steel, not tool steel, for his barrels
- so that they would bulge and not crack in case of overload.
-
- Another data point I might add: My dad's uncle had in his extensive
- Winchester collection a .22LR rifle that had been bent when a horse
- fell on it. The muzzle was about a half a foot over from where
- it should have been. There was no evidence of the barrel cracking
- as a result of this severe bend, and up until a few years ago this
- gun was on display in the lobby of a small bank in Provo, Utah.
-
- Uncle told me it was "good for shooting around corners!" :-)
-
- Randy Lyman grl@drutx.att.com "I'm the NMLRA!"
-