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Unread 08-21-2012, 12:43 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by ithacaartist View Post
I'm also casting for this info on other forums, and the 4140 has been mentioned there as well.

I'm thinking of having a bar of the proper profile milled out so that the individual parts can be sliced from this bar. hand fitted, heat treated, and finally blued or strawed.
If you wish to eliminate the heat treat, then 8620 steel might be an alternative.

I get a lot of my metals from Online Metals. Good people.
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