They are.

The 'raw material' Dewey shows is a forging.

Barrels are 'machined forgings'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Buoivte49c

If steel is poured into a mold and allowed to cool, it's a casting. If it's worked in a hot plastic state and then cooled it's a forging.


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