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Unread 01-26-2025, 09:17 AM   #41
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….because of the hype that composite barrels were unsafe.





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And some idiots still believe they are!!!
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Iver Johnson was taken in by the $20 price tag.
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….because of the hype that composite barrels were unsafe.
The "hype" really started during the Great Depression to try and garner some sales of new guns.
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Thanks Dave. I had understood it started sooner, like shortly after smokeless and nitro powders became popular and folks weren’t heeding the warnings NOT to load to the same recipes they had always loaded black powder to… and burst their gun barrels.






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