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Re: Barrels on 1892 #1 Hammerless
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Posted by Drew Hause on May 11, 2014, 11:57 am, in reply to "
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Here you go Steve
http://www.lcsmith.org/faq/barrels.html
Barrel quality is best judged based on the overall quality of the
gun
, but the 1891 Birmingham Proof House Report, and our recent tensile strength testing, has shown little difference between the various pattern welded barrels.
More here
http://docs.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/document/d/1LFnSG34k3mBhLEjEgU267wAlIa215MNVQZhIiY62Hx4/edit
That is of course not to say that
those
barrels are safe.
Message Thread:
Barrels on 1892 #1 Hammerless
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Steve Arnett
May 11, 2014, 11:38 am
Re: Barrels on 1892 #1 Hammerless
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Drew Hause
May 11, 2014, 11:57 am
Re: Barrels on 1892 #1 Hammerless
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Steve Arnett
May 11, 2014, 7:44 pm
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