Light Weight HP on Bay of Evil.

[browningautorifle]

Raw forgings...you must have got those from that pile of stuff going to Stelco I've heard about.

[Bruce McAskill]

They look like they might have been castings instead of forgings which being an aluminum alloy would make sense. But even if forged they would not have taken the pounding. It took many years for S&W to develop an alloy that would stand up for awhile anyway with standard pressure 9mm. Colt with their model 70 Commanders in .45 acp did not stand up very long before becoming a rattle trap too.

[browningautorifle]

castings instead of forgings

Yes, my terminology is off...