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Pedersoli Sharps chamber pressures?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 430666" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>four years ago, I could have found out exactly what kind of steel they used as I worked with several big name metalic shooters that used them as well as the real Sharps rifles. Looking one over my guess is that they are using some kind of hot rolled steel, and to take it a step further my guess is 8620. The ones I have looked at up close seem to have a slightly pourus surface, just like 8620. And the strength factor fall right inline as well. 8620 will carburize for upto .035" case, but doubt they are doing much more than .005" to .012", if any at all. Add to this the fact that at least one well known manufacturer of Hi-Walls and Lo-Walls over here uses nothing but 8620 for their recievers leads me into this direction. But it's also possible that they are using a cast steel reciever, or even a forging of somekind of low alloy steel (like 8620). Of course they also could be going the other route and use a block of 4150 pre-treat for the reciever. It too has that pourus surface. But 4150 is much stronger than 8620 or even cast steel</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 430666, member: 25383"] four years ago, I could have found out exactly what kind of steel they used as I worked with several big name metalic shooters that used them as well as the real Sharps rifles. Looking one over my guess is that they are using some kind of hot rolled steel, and to take it a step further my guess is 8620. The ones I have looked at up close seem to have a slightly pourus surface, just like 8620. And the strength factor fall right inline as well. 8620 will carburize for upto .035" case, but doubt they are doing much more than .005" to .012", if any at all. Add to this the fact that at least one well known manufacturer of Hi-Walls and Lo-Walls over here uses nothing but 8620 for their recievers leads me into this direction. But it's also possible that they are using a cast steel reciever, or even a forging of somekind of low alloy steel (like 8620). Of course they also could be going the other route and use a block of 4150 pre-treat for the reciever. It too has that pourus surface. But 4150 is much stronger than 8620 or even cast steel gary [/QUOTE]
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