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@DrillDog, @Canadian Bushman: You guys are awesome. You have brought up thought points that make tons of sense. @DrillDog: I agree that steel is so much easier and simpler to use. Plus far less expensive. Thanks for mentioning that though; my intent here is wondering if bronze type metals have...

@Canadian Bushman Thanks for the info I will be sure to include all those parameters in my comparison. Your input is very valuable. The best hardness in bronze I have found so far is 110 ksi with a elongation rate of 8-11% and hardness of 52Rc. (I can't recall now what it was) Maybe that is...

@Litehiker: Please don't take any of my comments to come across as correcting or disagreeing with your knowledge and experience in teaching history. I very strongly respect history teachers and I don't want to seem like some jerk who is discounting the work and effort and knowledge you have. I...

Actually they make bronze bolts and nuts for military aircraft. Bronze is also used in landing gear and jet engine parts. It is also used for ships propellers, transmissions and drive shafts. Some engines use bronze valve guides. Some machine tools such as mill bits and chamfer bits are bronze...

In order to avoid any misconceptions or misinformation (especially from myself!) I am going to look up hard data and from that either prove the validity of my thinking or prove myself completely wrong. LOL. I really hope that this is possible. I do know that there was at least 1 Colt...

Actually copper-tin bronze is stronger than iron. The idea that bronze is weak is a misnomer spread by historians who didn't look into the facts of metallurgy. Copper IS very weak and would NEVER be suitable for any weapon. The switch from bronze to iron at the end of the bronze age was...

Nobody have any ideas? I guess I will need to try it myself and let y'all know how it works out.

That sounds awesome. I may just model that in 3D and post the results.

Now that I think about it...if I decided that I MUST have a repeater...a lever action is a much better option as I could hide the magazine tube within the stock and still have the look. ...I still love the Sharps idea. ...I'll stop rambling now.

Though, I may still try to make a bolt action into one...someday.

You make a great argument. For the mild cost of losing a magazine, I get a nearly ready design. All I need to do is lengthen the stock and add the brass embellishments. Awesome. Thanks! :D

I love the look of the old Kentucky style rifles of the American Revolution. So I was wondering if anyone has ever built a bolt action to have that classic look. Basically I was thinking of taking a bolt action rifle, fit an extra long heavy barrel to it and carve a Kentucky long rifle style...

Hello everyone, this is my first thread here and I have an interesting question. The questions: 1: Could high strength bronze such as Manganese Bronze, Silicon Bronze, Nickel Aluminum bronze or Cupronickel Bronze be used for the barrel or other components of a gun? 2: What would be...