Steel Hardness

Dwight Gruber · 03-11-2003, 12:11 AM

OK, barrel steel and receiver steel of two different hardnesses. I have observed that barrel flanges are sometimes not exactly the same diameter as the bottom of the receiver they are mated to--more often larger than smaller, it seems.

Could it be that, under these circumstances, there are Lugers whose witness marks simply, physically, -cannot- be struck by a single blow of one instrument?

--Dwight

03-11-2003, 12:11 AM	#10
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	OK, barrel steel and receiver steel of two different hardnesses. I have observed that barrel flanges are sometimes not exactly the same diameter as the bottom of the receiver they are mated to--more often larger than smaller, it seems. Could it be that, under these circumstances, there are Lugers whose witness marks simply, physically, -cannot- be struck by a single blow of one instrument? --Dwight