Ron Graham is the gent who did all the analyis according to what he told me. He was VP of an exotic metals subsidiary of LTV steel in those days. He told me they made the barrels for the Merkel 16ga Parkers.as well as failure analyis for a number of folks in the aerospace and defense industry. He developed the titanium alloy in your "Marathon Knee " replacement as well as the flexible titanium eyeglass frames. I kknow he did a failure analysis for a friend who had a barrel pop with a target load.
He told me last evening in conversation the data he had had never been published but perhaps he did put out a little bit. I doubt it though. He's not one to tease you with a little and then dry up. He's tell it all if he had posted anything. I'll see him again tomorrow and see if he is game to get it out. He indicated last night it was a shame nobody had ever seen the data.
He is a serious metallurgist and will willingly help most anyone with information.
