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    Quote Originally Posted by jond41403 View Post
    I thought maybe since it was a subcontracted part, when SG got a hold of it, maybe they tested it to make sure their subcontractors were hardening it properly. It is awfully big for a hardness test though
    They would test it up at the front of the receiver around the chamber area, the back heel means zip. And again that is not a dimple from a hardness tester. To big, way to deep. And not a ball peen. No way. If anything I've ever seen it looks like a 5/32 ball mill. To perfect for a defect and no ball peen in the world can peen that deep or that small. Nor a punch.
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