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Riss · March 29, 2001, 11:27 AM

Does anyone have an idea of what a shotgun and barrel hardness should be. I just got my two guns that burnt in a fire up and running. Springs function but need to be replaced. In what range should the SS receiver and blued barrels hardness be ? Have yet to get them to the shop to have them tested. Am really only familiar as to where a knife is in the Rockwell hardness scale. Cannot find any information as to where a guns hardness should be.

March 29, 2001, 11:27 AM	#1
Riss Senior Member Join Date: February 14, 1999 Location: Eastern, PA, USA Posts: 147	Does anyone have an idea of what a shotgun and barrel hardness should be. I just got my two guns that burnt in a fire up and running. Springs function but need to be replaced. In what range should the SS receiver and blued barrels hardness be ? Have yet to get them to the shop to have them tested. Am really only familiar as to where a knife is in the Rockwell hardness scale. Cannot find any information as to where a guns hardness should be. __________________ An X is still an X with a Quarter Inch group at 100 yards With a Quarter Inch Group on the keyboard an X could be - Z,S,D, or C. I am a quarter inch typist - Please excuse the errors!