But...I suggest that the skeptical amongst us to let it happen about 200 times on a brand-spankin new gun...and then have the lower lug magnafluxed at the front where it joins the barrel. When you see all those tiny lines that look like spider webs, radiating from the junction into the lug, know that you are looking at stress fractures that haven't broken through to the surface yet. They will though...Cracks travel, and they'll only stop when they run out of material to travel in...when they break out into thin air.
I'll do it, Old Man.
I'll have the lower lug 'fluxed as soon as I find a place that won't freak out when they realize what I have in my hand.
There's two problems with this logic that everyone here is ignoring- I don't know why.
The first is that reading one side of a ledger is a fool's errand.
If the ledger says that you're spending $150,043 a month for electricity, you could be in trouble. Or not. There's no way to tell from only that side of the ledger- you need to know what balances it, and you need to know if you got what you paid for, if you needed it, and if you made money from it.
The other problem is that you need to have a baseline to compare it to.
'Fluxing my barrel could show cracks, and that could be bad.
Or not. It's only one side of the ledger, and without a baseline to compare it to, it's only a fool's picture.
You also have to flux a barrel that has an equal (or at least close) number of rounds through it, that has never had the slide dropped empty.
Neither picture is significant by themselves. What would be significant would be the difference between them.
Old Man, if you've based your opinion on a 'flux of a barrel, without a baseline to compare it, you've been chasing an illusion. You have to 'flux a barrel that has seen the same amount of action as your victim, and then base your opinion on the difference.
Going back to the other side of the ledger analogy, what you're saying is the same thing as saying that the Marines took 3,301 casualties on Tarawa, including 904 enlisted and 57 officers KIA or who died later of their wounds, 29 missing and presumed dead, and 2,200 enlisted and 111 officers wounded.
(Stockman, James R.
The Battle for Tarawa. Washington, DC: Historical Section, HQ, USMC, 1947.)
A terrible toll. We never should have done it.
Oh, wait, there's another side of the ledger, isn't there?
What did we get, for that terrible price?
We got Tarawa. It was worth it. No question about it.
The ledger balance changes, depending on circumstances. One side, your 'flux side, can stay the same, but the other side can and does change.
The same casualty count as Tarawa would result in political disaster if it happened in a training exercise off San Diego.
You have to have a baseline, and you have to read both sides of the ledger, and then you can decide if it's worth it. Without either one of those things, what you have is an opinion that's worth, well, about the same as a post on a gunboard.
Back up what you say, 'Tuner. Post the 'fluxes you've had taken of barrels that have never had the slide dropped empty.
Then I'll run right out and have a 'flux done on my plate gun, my beloved milspec, and I'll post the results right next to yours, and I'll stand down if I'm wrong.
Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery,
Cheers!