Barrel hardness?

dheffley

October 17, 2001 15:37

I have two barrel blanks of which one will be used to build a 300 Win Mag on a Mauser 98 action. One of them tested 32 Rockwell C, and the other tested 44 RC. I know that the harder one would be more brittle, and it seems that 44 RC is a little hard for a gun barrel. Both are 4140 steel. Does anyone have the spec's for barrel hardness?

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  dheffley

  October 17, 2001 15:37

  I was told that glock barrels are harder than any other type of gun. What is the rockwell hardness of a glock barrel as compared to that of a colt or other major name?

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