John, it certainly would be nice to see the outer surface of the missing piece. Somehow it let go along the braze joint, so either it was a bad braze or there was corrosion - at least that makes some sense to me given what we have seen so far. I think the dark spot on the break would be confirmed on the other piece as well. I think this gun was doomed at birth, but we may never know.

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BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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