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    Gas block material

    lysanderxiii well done and many thanks. I no longer have access to many of my detailed ME design material. Working over wide temperature ranges at tight tolerances has always been a bit of a nightmare.
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    Stocks and White Line?

    You can isolate the holy wood using some shellac.
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    Cold Blue - Spraying?

    I was looking at my small spray set last night. A lot of aluminum parts in there. Blue chemicals tend to eat at aluminum pretty badly. If you really want to try spraying, you may well need to replace parts in your spray gun with steel. Probably a higher nickel type of Stainless.
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    Dumb question

    There are vanishingly few "dumb questions" when screwing around with 50,000+ PSI chamber pressures. Gins often used carefully optimized screw pitches to go with hardened screws. For many years chamber pressures where measured using lead and copper 'crush' cylinders. The LUP (Lead Units of...
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    Green corrision on the inside of loaded ammo.

    Green is usually copper corrosion. Bullet jackets (AKA 'gilding metal') are NOT the exact same materiel as brass cases. There is significantly more copper in the bullet jackets. The slightest moisture (or other corrosive material) will create a primitive battery with tiny amounts of current...
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    ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN!!!!

    Volts maybe, but not amps.
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    357 Magnum Dilemma

    That claim is as real then as it is now. Forging alters the crystal structure of metal and the boundaries in the metal. It makes it significantly stronger in one direction at a slight loss typically at 90 degrees to the crystal structure. It is the goal of forging steel (and a few other metals)...
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    Gas block material

    Minor changes in Temp Co (Temperature coefficient of expansion) show up in larger objects at higher temperatures, or in smaller objects that may have a significant temperature difference. It is what makes a typical mechanical thermostat work. Two different metals (often copper and steel) are...
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    magnetized parts tray good idea or not?

    Not really. You use a degaussing coil and move it back and forth while slowly increasing the distance to the magnetized object. A plastic tray works well here.
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    Trans-Sonic Zone for Handgun Cartridges

    90% and 110% are 'popular' boundaries for transonic. Once any portion gets close to transonic the Bernoulli Equations simply fail. A 'standing pressure wave' can exist and for the most part their is no air flow past that pressure wave. The wave is not 'standing' in the sense of not moving, it...
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    Why do you reload ammunition?

    I have some antiques that if you can find ammunition it is VERY expensive. Like .50-70 government. Usually well over $2 a shot. I also have a Panda switch barrel varmint rifle. It is extremely accurate, but does require neck turning every case. I sort cases by neck wall run out measured before...
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    Who carries a utility (box) knife?

    Stanley Hand Tools 10-499 Retractable Blade Quick-Change. There are three or four scattered around my shop. Handle holds at least four blades. Push the blade all they way forward and hold down the yellow button. Blade releases and is easily revered to the other end or replaced with a new blade...
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    Sharpening FAQ

    For final honing I have mostly switched to diamond coated steel plates. Never an issue with stone hardness vs the metal you are working with. After use just wash them off and allow to dry. A little oil will make sure rust does not start.
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    Glock Warranty- Very Nice!

    Only hits count when defending yourself with a gun. As one of the instructors at Gun Site said "you cannot miss fast enough to win."
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    talk me into/out of a Desert Eagle .50AE

    Or a Wildey Hunter.
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    Longevity of pocket/compact sub caliber pistols

    In many cases they are not made from steel. That alone will tend to limit useful lifetime. Think of all those 'pot metal' (often cast zinc) frames (or even plastic) holding a steel barrel.
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    magnetized parts tray good idea or not?

    I have magnetic trays and some very large zip closing plastic bags. Larger enough to put a gun and hand tools in Each has their place.
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    Lee bullet molds that have been discontinued ?......

    If they have a cutter, waving enough money at them might get you a new mold. It is rarely cost effective though.
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    legal transfer of estate firearms

    The executor of your estate can transfer them directly to your named heirs. Even across state lines.
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    50-70 trapdoor re-barrel not working ????

    Nothing wrong with a thin steel washer to set headspace correctly. My 1866 looks like it was exported, never used, and then imported back into the US. The rifling is perfect and it is very accurate.
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