Has anyone actually checked the hardness of one of these "torch colored" guns? I would think that it would be all over the place, depending upon which area you tested. To my understanding, you would in essence be annealing some areas of the action, tempering others.
I find nothing slanderous about disapproving of the practice, and the comparison to "Ed" is valid. Telling someone before hand doesn't make the process kosher. What if I told you I was going to ream your barrel walls to .008", and you didn't fully understand the ramifications? Would it be slander if someone else told you I was about to ruin the gun?
As far as the mandatory chamber lengthening, it seems to me Les' liability starts at that point, not ends.
Jim
