Re: New Titanium Actions from Pierce Engineering
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ta2dtrent</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: XxMerlinxX</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tlp1968</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My only question is what happens when you have an over pressure round. Does the action expand like steel or does the action become a granade? I like the way chrome molly and stainless expand to contain the over pressure round. </div></div>
That's a good question. I've always thought of titanium as being more brittle than most stainless steels.</div></div>
Depends on the grade of titanium. There are sof grades as well as harder</div></div>
This is precisely why I brought this issue up. As I have worked as a gunsmith and for a manufacturer and I have seen at least 30 or 40 over presured receivers over the years. All of the commercial actions i.e. (Winchester 70, FN SPR/PBR/TSR, Browning A and X Bolt, Remington 700, Savage, Ruger, Sako, and so on) have areas where the material is harder usually the receiver rings and some areas that are softer usually the rails between the receiver rings so it will allow the receiver to stretch. This same issue would be true with a steel receiver if it was to hard as well like the early 1903 Springfield. I want to add I have no experance with Pierce actions and I am just asking a valid question before I put my face and hands on it.