Originally Posted by tex_n_cal
Originally Posted by SBTCO


All things being equal, its the heat treat that makes the difference.


Heat treat makes a big difference, but if it's got impurities or casting voids, that's a problem.

Lots of critical items are still forged, even in the modern age.


The fella' that wrote this knows more than a wee bit about making quality steel parts and pieces.

There's a good reason he chose the word bolded above.

Ruger and his team started scratching around on this process with SLIDE RULES, and vacuum tube based process equipment,....the staggering advances forward from that base in the last 40 years sees investment casting an industry byword, and reliable material qualities they were only DREAMING of at the beginning.

GTC

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