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Old 06-26-2005, 04:24 AM
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After running into what looks like the same thing, I remembered this post. At first the spots appeared to be poor mix in a cast. Someone said the guns were made of billet. The spots are hot spots from machining. The material work hardens in spots changing the density of the metal. I have seen this many times in the machine shop but didn't put the two together.
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