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Dwight Gruber · 10-26-2003, 07:27 PM

Luger barrel steel is relatively softer, more ductile, than the receiver. WAG could be that this makes parts easier to manufacture, and that the strength is in the receiver.

--Dwight

10-26-2003, 07:27 PM	#7
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Luger barrel steel is relatively softer, more ductile, than the receiver. WAG could be that this makes parts easier to manufacture, and that the strength is in the receiver. --Dwight