Leon McAtee wrote:

Rather than a lack of demand I think it might be more accurate to say
that there is more demand for other kinds of steel products. This is
because the production capacity is pretty well maxed out. If it were
not there would be someone trying to find an unfilled niche.

But no matter the reason - there is no 4130N available - and IMHO
there probably won't be for maybe several years.

So it looks like we need to find a substitute. I've been doing some
looking for the last couple of months but I'm no metallurgist and most
of my time has been spent educating myself in the ways of steel. So
far my local steel store has not been able to get anything I have come
up with unless I want to buy a whole truck load. I don't/can't.

Anyone have some opinions on a suitable substitute?
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Leon McAtee


Well, now that you mention it, this does put the 4130/DOM(?)
argument in a slightly different light.

Anybody wanna say, "I told you so"?




Richard Lamb

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