What is crazy is that the worldwide production of Scandium was, and may still be, under 10,000 pounds. Not tons, pounds. The fraction of a percent of Scandium in the aluminum alloy is crazy for what it does. Unfortunately, it came, and probably still does, from mother Russia. It is one reason, along with their native titanium production, why their military aircraft were so darn strong structurally.
If you were an S&W engineer...
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Do you know how much stronger scandium makes aluminum?
The chemical difference between pure iron and steel is little bit of carbon but it makes a big difference in strength and other properties. Nobody says their 640 has an iron frame and cylinder. If a little bit of scandium makes aluminum a lot tougher I don't mind S&W calling the alloy something other than aluminum.
But I do wish they would have picked name other than the element used to make the alloy. Nobody calls steel carbon.
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It is always interesting to me that which is so obvious to me seems to escape not just S&W people that make decisions but from so many firearms manufacturers and ammo makers as well. I am a voracious reader especially about all things related to guns and ammo. It seems every time I find an ammo I like it gets discontinued. Then I see a need for a specific type of ammo and I read that others see the same thing I do yet it seems the ammo companies seem tone deaf to what so many on the forums are pleading for.
Once upon a time manufactures had in house custom shops where you could get additional custom features added at the factory before your new pride and joy arrived. What ever happed to real customer service as the customer is always right rather than take what we make and don't bother us? What ever happened to companies that solicited input from their customers to improve their products to better serve their buying public? Hmmmm?
Sometimes it seems that there is little forward thinking as opposed to stuck in a rut production.
Once upon a time manufactures had in house custom shops where you could get additional custom features added at the factory before your new pride and joy arrived. What ever happed to real customer service as the customer is always right rather than take what we make and don't bother us? What ever happened to companies that solicited input from their customers to improve their products to better serve their buying public? Hmmmm?
Sometimes it seems that there is little forward thinking as opposed to stuck in a rut production.
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Engine49guy
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Protocall_Design
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That's because "stuck in a rut production" makes a lot more dollars per hour than one off craftsmanship. Way cheaper labor, too. These decisions are made by people in an office looking at numbers on paper, not by shooters who love the guns and the sport.
