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Offline Don Getz

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Brass???
« on: September 01, 2011, 03:20:15 PM »
Am working on a J. P. Beck rifle, and it isn't really a barn gun version, am putting all the parts on it, but NO carving.   Had
a strange thing happen.   Wanted to put a nose cap on it, and cut a piece big enough to wrap around the forend, then
took my torch and heated it red hot, quenched it, and it was still hard, could not even bend it with my hands.....not normal.   I don't know where I bought this stuff, it was a sheet about 6" x 10", and marked .030, but now I have no idea
of what it is.   Luckily I did have another piece of brass and I cut another piece out, heated and quenched it and it worked
beautifully.   I am still curious as to what that other piece is made of...................Don
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Brass???
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2011, 03:22:41 PM »
Knowing you retired guys it's probably sheet gold......
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Re: Brass???
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2011, 03:27:49 PM »
Darn it Mike, I didn't think of that, and I just gave it away............Don
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Re: Brass???
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2011, 03:32:43 PM »
Well then you better start storing your gold stash in a seperate drawer. ;)
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Re: Brass???
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2011, 04:16:04 PM »
Armor plate left over from WWII???
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Re: Brass???
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2011, 06:50:52 PM »
just kinda thinking out loud, but, is there any chance it is brass plated steel of some sort??    mark
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Offline C Wallingford

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Re: Brass???
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2011, 07:27:37 PM »
Don--
 Maybe John could use it for barrel material! ;)
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Re: Brass???
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2011, 08:18:57 PM »
 Don, I had the same thing happen with a piece of brass door kick plate. I tried 4 or 5 times and gave it up. I assme it was alloyed to be hard and stay that way.
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Re: Brass???
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2011, 11:27:18 PM »
Hey Don let me know if you need any more sheet brass. I have plenty of .030 & .050 brass. Can send you a care package.
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Offline bgf

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Re: Brass???
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2011, 11:47:20 PM »
It might actually be useful if you could do that to "normal" brass, after it had been shaped, of course.  I suppose it could have been a slightly off alloy and then work hardened by the rollers.  On the other hand I had a pistol buttcap one time that was a little like that; worked more like high carbon steel than brass; it was evident from the amount of sand sticking in/on it that they had taken a lot of care manufacturing it.  You should have performed some scientific tests on it, such as shooting it with various size balls at different velocities :). 
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Offline Curtis

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Re: Brass???
« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2011, 12:40:47 AM »
Don, was it possibly shim stock material?

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Re: Brass???
« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2011, 12:56:10 AM »
Don, did the stuff cut harder too?   I've been having the same problem, and the metal seems a little tougher to cut as well.
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Re: Brass???
« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2011, 05:23:50 AM »
Maybe it's cold rolled  ::)
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