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Old 05-11-2010, 05:58 PM
Gearhead Jim Gearhead Jim is offline
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Originally Posted by rburg View Post
I'm not sure if I fully agree with your facts, but I do agree with the conclusion of them being great guns.

The pressure problem relates more to the cylinder and forcing cone than to the frame on a revolver. As we know, the barrel and forcing cone are traditional Stainless Steel. The cylinder, where the pressure is most severe, isn't made of the Scandium, but instead titanium. I assume in reality both are made from some alloy of those materials, and I'm clueless as to what other material the cylinder may include.

What makes the guns easy to use is the weight, and both the frame and cylinder are significantly lighter than conventional handguns.
I've seen several reports in the past, of 38 +P+ stretching the frame of "ordinary" aluminum guns like the Model 38; to the point of misfires from excesive headspace. Sometimes, just a few hundred rounds.
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