William knows perfectly well that impurities & inclusions in steel matter, and to argue otherwise is just silly.
Now Preacher, I would like you to show us exactly where I ever once made a statement that "impurities & inclusions in steel DO NOT matter"
What are you trying to pull here... aside from resorting to lies in yet another attempt to discredit me?
I know you don't really understand most of the copy-and-paste information you post about steel. I was very clear what I said and meant about the FACT that all steel has impurities and inclusions. The amount and the composition of those inclusions can and does matter. I brought up the almost certainty that it was an inclusion that ruptured the barrel that was the subject of this thread. I brought up that point before Dewey Vicknair... and I brought up that point while you were still tossing out ridiculous and highly unlikely scenarios.
So now, in addition to running away from the challenge to show us even one type of steel that is not an alloy...
...I am also challenging you to show us where I ever once said that inclusions and impurities in steel do not matter.
We shall see who is lying, and we shall see who is twisting words Preacher.
Well actually, I think we shall see you try to change the subject and discredit me in some other way... as you run away from your ignorance and your lies about me.
By the way, I did read your link on the testing of steel from the hull of the Titanic. Nowhere did the author say that the samples tested came from the area that broke and tore when it hit the iceberg. However, the author did say that the steel used was the best that was available at the time Titanic was built, and that the ocean was full of ships with the same type of steel, and they never sunk. The difference was that they did not hit an iceberg. Considering the time, it's pretty likely that steel that was very close in analysis ended up in shotgun barrels... and did not break or shatter when fired in below freezing temperatures.
One or a few tests done on over 40,000 tons of steel cannot be relied upon to tell us anything for certain... except about those particular samples. And that is another point that you still cannot grasp.
Test away... it is your money. Just don't act like you really understand what that testing is actually telling you. It is obvious that you don't.