I'm certain that there are people here more intelligent than I am, and more knowledgeable in certain topics. I expect too that someday they will get around to posting. {;-)
here's a hard lesson:
Just because you think it doesn't make it real
Just because you believe it doesn't make it true
The twit comments about "seams" are certainly amusing. What part of machined, drawn tubing did you not understand? What with the modern testing methods applied to every barrel blank (and what manufacturer would not avail themselves of that in the litigious 21st Century?) makes it unlikely that there was a fault of some kind in the barrel itself. The Beretta 680 series have always had what appear and feel like thin/light barrels. Not as light as some, but still.... Certainly possible that attaching a rib could cause a problem as no process is without potential problems.
These blowup threads never arrive at any conclusion, they just make supposition after supposition and finally die a quiet death. Always fun but never informative. Too bad the manufacturers can't take an active part and not get sued.
have another day
Dr.WtS
