Originally Posted By: Chuck H

....no matter how high the hardness of the frame is raised, it won't change the amount of deflection of the frame when fired at all...


Hi Chuck, this was the exact point I was awkwardly trying to make earlier.

Would you be able to comment, and I'm interested to learn, if all is equal, will the hardened sample be able to deflect by a greater amount, before becoming inelastic, than the softer sample. I'm not thinking of force required as the samples approach their yield, but distance of deflection before first signs of permanent deformation.

Again, purely to learn, don't mean to flog around on the ole dead horse.