In Leon McAtee wrote:

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.

I was under the impression that 4130A (annealed) sheet was still
available, the only difference between that and 4130N (normalized) being
the heat treatment. It should be possible to have parts made from "A"
heat treated to "N" condition, right?

Also, the last time this was discussed there was only a shortage of
4130N sheet. Has that now spread to tubing as well?

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