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Unread 07-27-2010, 10:13 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Austin W Hogan View Post
Assuming these tests were designed; would you send a collector gun for analysis if you knew that some apparently high condition guns were found to be thin or brittle? Best, Austin
Ans: No I wouldn't.

Austin, do we know of any barrels, Damascus or otherwise, that have been proven to have failed due to the metal having become "brittle"?

Do we know that this becoming "brittle" is a normal condition of aged gunbarrel metal?
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