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Originally Posted by edgarspencer View Post
You could be correct Dean, but I have my doubts. Chrome Moly steel alloys predate these guns by many years and the AISI designation of CrMo goes back to the teens.
Edgar-I don't disagree with your metallurgical point, the issue as Dean says is when did Remington start using THEIR CrMo barrels as opposed to whatever PB had in stock and was there a marking of same on the barrel flats.
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