I've now received, or are in transit, 10 pattern welded and 3 fluid steel barrel segments for tensile strength testing. After METL completes the Failure Analysis, I'll take them together for testing. We all fully recognize this will not represent a statistically significant study, nor should the testing reassure anyone as the strength or integrity of YOUR barrel, but this should be interesting
I would still like a piece of a very low grade JABC junker if someone has a barrel out in the barn.
Of particular significance is the fact that the freshly cut, not cleaned barrel, some with terrible bore pitting and corrosion, has a wall surface that looks like any other freshly cut metal
AND NO ORANGE LACE as mythology would have us believe! I'll probably pick the worse looking surface for METL to examine under microscopy to confirm the absence of interlaminar rust.
Special thanks to all those who have contributed in some way,
esp. Dennis Potter:
Dan Wildhaber
Mike Brown
Will Evans
Chris Helms
Phil Haycock
Jason Marks
Clifford A Russell
Stephen Helsley
Monty McGee
Mike Novy
Joe Dreisch
Gil Russell
