The rust on the original pics was obviously fresh, and came right off Chuck



Anxious to talk through options with the Metallurgist on Monday, and excited that, to my knowledge, this will be the first opportunity to obtain high tech images of a pattern welded barrel wall.

One assessment of great importance can probably be made already; THE FRACTURES DID NOT OCCUR AT THE RIBBAND WELD LINES. So much for the 'it'll unwind like a spring' mythology.