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Ron Smith · 11-07-2004, 04:31 PM

Gerben, The pistol was in a fire. The round cooked off. The primer detonated and flowed back into the firing pin hole. That's probably why the barrel pitted the way it did. Hot spots, such as embers were touching the metal where the big pits are and softened the steel, so that it corroded faster in the soft areas. It may have been in a bombed and burning vehicle.

Ron

11-07-2004, 04:31 PM	#13
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Gerben, The pistol was in a fire. The round cooked off. The primer detonated and flowed back into the firing pin hole. That's probably why the barrel pitted the way it did. Hot spots, such as embers were touching the metal where the big pits are and softened the steel, so that it corroded faster in the soft areas. It may have been in a bombed and burning vehicle. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...