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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 3753391, member: 301"]I have been tasked by a cannon expert <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> to post this....& so I shall !!</p><p><br /></p><p>"</p><p>I’m sure his is brass and brass isn’t a cannon metal. Gunmetal bronze was used due to hi hardness and tensile strength. Easy to tell apart by testing, brass is cu + zn, bronze is cu + sn. Did he look for marks under barrel, like “made in Japan”?"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 3753391, member: 301"]I have been tasked by a cannon expert ;) to post this....& so I shall !! " I’m sure his is brass and brass isn’t a cannon metal. Gunmetal bronze was used due to hi hardness and tensile strength. Easy to tell apart by testing, brass is cu + zn, bronze is cu + sn. Did he look for marks under barrel, like “made in Japan”?"[/QUOTE]
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