I have not Roy. I think Bro. Larry made the point that barrel engraving can be fairly deep also, but at the breech with greater wall thickness. Rocketman or Chuck H explained that internal defects are subject to much greater 'hoop stress'. As to my comprehension thereof, they might as well have been speaking Urdu however smile

The few fractures that I've seen appear to be at dents



or where someone attempted to repair a bulge



This might work shocked


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