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Old 10-05-2009, 01:19 PM
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I recall reading (maybe in Jink's history of S&W) that the Combat Magnum cylinder received "special" tempering. I confess that my knowledge of metallurgy is extremely limited, but it seems to me that steel can be tempered to the ideal hardness (max strength short of becoming brittle) but I am unaware of any "special" tempering that can be done. I would love to test the cylinders from both a Model 10 and a Model 19 for hardness to see how they compare.

How shocking would it be if it turned out that the 38 and 357 cylinders were identical save the depth of the chambers?

People would probably still worry about +P ammo blowing up their M&Ps...
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