CaptainCrossman
Moderator
Just got this info from an old-time gun dealer here in the northeastern USA, in regards to firearms in general:
quote:
"Guns from the 1960's and before, are much stronger. Why? They were hammer forged, and milled out. In the late 1970's ALL guns, including Colt, S&W, etc., were cast to within a few thousandths of final dimension, and then were lightly finish machined."
I know for a fact, some of the early Italian guns had forged steel barrels, because my brother-in-law has an 1851 Navy Sheriff 36 caliber Colt replica w/short barrel, that says "forged steel" on the barrel, made in Italy.
quote:
"Guns from the 1960's and before, are much stronger. Why? They were hammer forged, and milled out. In the late 1970's ALL guns, including Colt, S&W, etc., were cast to within a few thousandths of final dimension, and then were lightly finish machined."
I know for a fact, some of the early Italian guns had forged steel barrels, because my brother-in-law has an 1851 Navy Sheriff 36 caliber Colt replica w/short barrel, that says "forged steel" on the barrel, made in Italy.