Thank you Rich. With Dave's high grade crolle segment I will have an adequate sample of crolle, damascus-twist, and twist barrels. And BTW: tensile strength has been remarkable consistent.

METL's fee for machining and tensile testing is now $55 and spectrographic (composition) analysis and interpretation is up to $85 frown My long suffering spouse would like to see some return on this investment in resources smile

What I WOULD like is a segment of Bernard II, and Hunter Arms' Crown & Nitro Steel.