09-12-2013, 05:02 AM
LRRPF52 Wrote:...The main areas on the barrel extension that bear stress are the threads where it is attached to the barrel, along the circumference of the part, and the inside teeth and substrate steel where the lugs of the bolt bear against it.....
Vaughn's Rifle Accuracy Facts was published 13 years ago and made the point that the first few turns of standard threads carry the stress. He also noted thread patterns that nearly equalized stress among all the threads of a joint.
What gunsmith and barrel maker has not read of the stress distribution, but who has altered thread patterns accordingly? Anyone?