Thread: Aftermarket R93 and R8 Barrels – Major Safety Concerns

You just said in your post above that hardness was the problem. The material used has a very high tensile strength to it was chosen after an analysis of a R8 barrel.

Originally Posted by L.R

You just said in your post above that hardness was the problem. The material used has a very high tensile strength to it was chosen after an analysis of a R8 barrel.

It was stated prior it was too soft and you said it was the same...??
Hardness, tensile and yield as materials basic properties are not linear or uniform across different materials ie increase one and rest go up too at the same proportion.

You obviously know a lot more about it all... How was the receiver tested.... Chopped up and sent away to a lab for core analysis or?? I can't see how you could possibly find the info required to make a material decision using non destructive testing methods, and I'm not aware of anywhere in NZ or Oz that can do a full analysis, we've always has to use Singapore or Norway
With that info available it can be pretty easy to put to bed assumptions on materials etc