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Originally Posted by Bullseye Smith
The only good part about the MIM parts is that it is just as hard in the center as it is on the outside, where the forge parts are surface hard only .006-.008 thick.
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Bullseye,
Are you sure you do not have this backwards?
My understanding was that MIM was only surfaced hardened after being sintered while a forged part is made out of bar stock which is consistent all the way through.
I am by no means a metallurgist or an engineer.