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Old September 15, 2013, 01:48 PM   #11
Hawg
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Wrought iron, IIRC, is very brittle and should never be used in a pressure containment mode.

Ok for fences and patio furniture, but not guns.
Wrought iron is malleable and can be worked and welded, cast is brittle and cannot. Colt revolver frames were made out of wrought iron up until the smokeless period.
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