Dang...I must have accidentally logged onto Doublegunshop!

For the record...I never disagreed with anyone, but just merely wanted to understand how Mr. Budgeon inferred those measurements.

I suppose I should have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

I'm out.

OK. Parker Titanic steel and post-WWI Vulcan steel were AISI 1030 with a tensile strength of 75,000. Your MWT numbers for a 12g?

Craig, I'm sure you know what you're saying, so I apologize if I'm a little dense. Axial, meaning parallel to an axis, still doesn't tell me which part you're referring to. In the end, it doesn't matter, as I assume you are just referring to 'a part' to scale the barrel wall thickness.
As someone, maybe Drew, said, wouldn't it be great if the original poster just measured the wall.
All that aside, I still believe the failure is due to an obstruction, and a 6500psi cartridge isn't going to burst that barrel by pressure alone.

I know I would have the remaining RSTs in that opened box tested, at least to eliminate that variable.

Drew, I don't make recommendations,too many attorneys but these are the minimums for me 2" .050, 2.5" .065, 2.75' ..070, and 3' magnum .080. Edgar, the axial shaft is the pivot point for the cocking levers and shares the same axis/center with the forearm iron.

OK, Now I know where you are, but I have never heard that pin referred to as an 'axial' shaft.

"Axial shaft is my term, so far the Brits have not adopted it." Yeah, well, You know, Those Brits are slow to come around to these new terms.

The barrels, and forend of course, ROTATE around an axis, hence “axial” shaft or pin.






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So, All this time I thought the wheels on my car rotated around an AXLE Shaft.
And I guess that means my trailer is a two axial trailer. Damn, I learn so much from you, Dean:rotf:

btw, the definition of axial means sharing the same axis, and has nothing to do with rotation.

Semantics Edgar, semantics....




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It's going to be a long winter.