Steel Hardness

Weissen · 03-09-2003, 10:12 PM

It would be interesting to put a Luger up in a Rockwell hardness machine and run a few tests.

In my experience barrel steel is usually much softer than the steel that the action is made from.

Soft steel is easier to machine = faster manufacture = greater thoughput = less cost.

Makes sense really when there is no requirement for a really hard steel for the barrel in the first place as it only gets the occassional soft coppper/lead slug fired through it.

Cheers.

03-09-2003, 10:12 PM	#2
Weissen User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South Australia Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It would be interesting to put a Luger up in a Rockwell hardness machine and run a few tests. In my experience barrel steel is usually much softer than the steel that the action is made from. Soft steel is easier to machine = faster manufacture = greater thoughput = less cost. Makes sense really when there is no requirement for a really hard steel for the barrel in the first place as it only gets the occassional soft coppper/lead slug fired through it. Cheers.