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kg42
12-17-2005, 07:00 PM
At last (for me), an illustrated article!

http://www.precisionshooting.com/psm_2005_11_issue.html

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Toney
12-17-2005, 07:07 PM
Good read Kg

d-o-k
12-21-2005, 05:37 PM
Many thanks for that KG .I've owned a couple of Manlichers that had the hammer forged barrels & never really understood how it was done.

Dave

kg42
12-22-2005, 12:20 AM
The next mystery to solve is why the Roto 1911 hammer forged barrels are so soft and so sentitive to wear. (beware of $60 barrels; they come in 5, 6 and 7" length)

My guess is that they skip the heat treatment needed by a 1911 bbl, I think Para-Ordnance treat theirs to 40-42 Rockwell...

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