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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Ultralight scope?
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 2422580" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Titanium is very flexible and thin titanium doesn't react well to scope rings being torqued down. As a result your tubes need to actually be thicker if made with titanium than high grade aluminum.</p><p></p><p>It's also many times more expensive and exponentially more expensive to tool than aluminum because of the specialized tools necessary.</p><p></p><p>The biggest holdup in getting titanium into use in the aerospace industry was while it showed fantastic properties for supersonic rockets and aircraft the tools to machine it really didn't exist until the late fifties/sixties.</p><p></p><p>It's far harder on tools than even the best stainless steel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 2422580, member: 30902"] Titanium is very flexible and thin titanium doesn't react well to scope rings being torqued down. As a result your tubes need to actually be thicker if made with titanium than high grade aluminum. It's also many times more expensive and exponentially more expensive to tool than aluminum because of the specialized tools necessary. The biggest holdup in getting titanium into use in the aerospace industry was while it showed fantastic properties for supersonic rockets and aircraft the tools to machine it really didn't exist until the late fifties/sixties. It's far harder on tools than even the best stainless steel. [/QUOTE]
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