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Time is not the only factor to consider when machining is involved. When S&W first came out with the Model 60 (stainless version of the Chiefs Special), they ran into a whole bunch of trouble, saying that machine tools lasted barely 1/10 as long with the tough stainless steel as with carbon steel. That, folks, adds up to a lot of money! They stopped production for a year or so, and some people said there would be no more stainless steel guns! But S&W used the time to work with the tool makers on super hard tools that would machine stainless steel at reasonable cost and we know that stainless steel guns did survive.
Jim
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