Recoil and steel
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They are both the same for all practical purposes.
And both have very close to the same density although stainless (.289 cu in) has a tiny bit more than carbon steel (.2833 cu in). So stainless is about 2% heavier. If you had 2 otherwise identical guns, one stainless and the other blue with the same grips it would take some precise equipment to measure the difference in recoil, but the stainless gun should have a little bit less felt rrecoil.
bigwheelzip
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A bit of an apples to oranges comparison, but I wonder if steel acoustic properties may different.
When my cousin visited us, her husband brought a 1973 4" Colt Trooper that only had a single box of ammo shot through it when new.
We shot it side by side with my 4" 686+, which weighs about 2 ounces more.
All four of us immediately realized the carbon steel Trooper was much louder shooting the same ammo.
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When my cousin visited us, her husband brought a 1973 4" Colt Trooper that only had a single box of ammo shot through it when new.
We shot it side by side with my 4" 686+, which weighs about 2 ounces more.
All four of us immediately realized the carbon steel Trooper was much louder shooting the same ammo.
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To the OP..........In a word. NO
jordanka16
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Cylinder gap?
bigwheelzip
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I know, that's the only thing that came to mind, but eyeballing it I couldn't see much difference.
Coincidentally, the range safety officer approached us about the Colt because he carried one as a CT State Trooper. He happily accepted when we offered to let him shoot it, and said it shot like a new gun, which it essentially was.
Have to gap it if they bring it from Norfolk VA again.
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You don't see the difference; you hear the difference.
When's the last time you eyeballed cylinder gap accurately, checking your guesstimate with appropriate feeler gauges?
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Jon651
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Any difference between firearms made from stainless steel vs. carbon steel would be so small as to be within the margin of error of one round to the next, not to mention the physical differences between the two weapons that would include recoil spring tension, overall weight, slide weight, etc.
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ArchAngelCD
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All metal guns of the same type and weight should not deliver any different felt recoil. Or course plastic guns, even if the weight is the same will feel slightly different because the plastic flexes more, IMO of course.
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Different grips (shape, size, checkering) can contribute to felt recoil as well. B/C gap would be interesting to check with a feeler gauge.
Noise would be cylinder gap, lengtth of barrel and thickness of barrel walls
A 686 with a heavy full length shroud would vibrate less and transmit less noise.
A 686 with a heavy full length shroud would vibrate less and transmit less noise.
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