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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
The frame size is stamped only on the bottom of the lug.
My experience with barrel ringing is that fluid steel barrels usually produce a very clear "gong" or "clang" while most composite barrels produce a somewhat more subdued "tung" sound that doesn't last as long in duration as the fluid steel barrels.
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Quite true, but I never gave it much thought. The reason is pretty basic metalurgy. Iron and steel have a very different structure, easily seen under high magnification in the metalography lab. Actually one of my most interesting courses in college.
They each, by themselves, do have a resonant property, but in a composite barrel of almost any damascus gun, one can easily offset the other.
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