Progress report

Was back down at TEAM this am. They had a bunch of images of fluoroscopy of the first barrel wall to confirm the defects were indeed pits and not within the wall. No image yet but I'll post the best when received.
Still working on the second (Chain) barrel and bulge.

I'll have 3 more barrels to x-ray so we should generate a meaningful data base of what normal pattern welded barrel x-rays look like, and hopefully will identify a definite abnormality that can then be sectioned and photomicrographed. AND a fella on the PGCA site has had radiography done on a set of barrels with a fracture and will try to get digital images from the folks that did the testing for me.

No word yet from METL regarding the Failure Analysis.


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