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high carbon steel vs 22

 
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tank



Location: foxton

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:20 am     high carbon steel vs 22 Reply with quote

heres some stuff of intrest

i was shooting a chunk of high carbon steel with my super sonic 22 ammo'
i have done no shaping or anything to the flat chunk of steel, 1.6 thick


4 shots, all failed to do more than dent it , 3mm deep dents but thats realy nothing, no cracking at all ,even on the shot that hit the very edge



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:52 am      Reply with quote

sweet
have to test it on the 1.2mm and then tempered 1.2

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:24 pm      Reply with quote

1050 or 1080 ??
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tank



Location: foxton

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:24 pm      Reply with quote

bandsaw, from what i can tell its simmular to 1080

its metalic composition resolts in less natural flex due to having half the %si and half the %mn,

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