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Aluminum airgun barrel
TroyHammer:
My thought process. 2024 T3 aluminum has a yield strength of 50,000 PSI and 41v50 used for machine gun barrels is only 55,100 PSI. The hardness is 75 Rockwell C so should hold up to lead indefinitely. At less than 40% the weight of chromoly a hammer forged aluminum barrel can be much thicker thus reducing harmonics like a bull barrel and still be lighter than the factory steel barrel.
Thoughts?
Blutroop:
Subscribing.. in my mind it should work fine but am curious to see how quick it would wear out over a steel barrel.
It would likely be easier to machine too.
TroyHammer:
--- Quote from: Blutroop on December 12, 2020, 01:52:59 AM ---Subscribing.. in my mind it should work fine but am curious to see how quick it would wear out over a steel barrel.
It would likely be easier to machine too.
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The 2024 t3 is stronger and harder than a lot of steels. With lead at air powered velocity and such little friction heat it should never wear.
nervoustrigger:
Would this alloy have the necessary malleability to accommodate being rifled with a button? Maybe hammer forging instead?
TroyHammer:
--- Quote from: nervoustrigger on December 12, 2020, 03:07:40 AM ---Would this alloy have the necessary malleability to accommodate being rifled with a button? Maybe hammer forging instead?
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Definitely hammer forged. Talked to Todd today at TJ's. He's only a few miles away from me so makes it really convenient. As long as we can find the correct size raw material and we don't find a reason not to do it I'm going to have some made. Compare what I know works really well to this to see. Use the same mandrel for it and a chromoly barrel to see if they shoot different.
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