| 4seventy |
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| 27/01/10 10:31 AM |
Re: OSR, Double Damage and Barnes' Response
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Just a regular propane handtorch can reach temperatures well beyond what is needed to either over-soften the metal or to turn it into brittle scrap metal. Guess what these guys use to heat up the massive locking lugs. And heat travels, especially quickly in thin barrels. This practice is not limited to doubles, by the way.
I find it a bit hard to believe that this would happen much if at all.
That sort of heat on double rifle barrels would result in a pile of solder on the workshop floor, and would require a full relaying of all the ribs, as well as the fore-end loop.
Dodgy gun repairers know of far more simple ways of (temporarily) tightening loose doubles, and they do it without the use of any heat.