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Art Eatman · March 11, 2014, 09:15 AM

Bart, if indeed a barrel vibrates like a tuning fork, then it stops in the same manner: A decay in the remaining energy that causes the vibration. Time? I don't know, but a barrel is much stiffer than a tuning rod.

Never had a barrel hum to me.

March 11, 2014, 09:15 AM	#34
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Bart, if indeed a barrel vibrates like a tuning fork, then it stops in the same manner: A decay in the remaining energy that causes the vibration. Time? I don't know, but a barrel is much stiffer than a tuning rod. Never had a barrel hum to me.