Slight off-topic note. PH 17-4 actually is superior to most (maybe all) common stainless steels used for rifle barrels. It's seldom used because of how hard it is to work with; the final product is too expensive for most. Noveske abandoned it for this reason and I think LW50 is now the only commercially-available variant for rifle barrels.
-B
RIP, Jeff Dorr: 1964 - July 17, 2009
"When young men seek to be like you, when lazy men resent you, when powerful men look over their shoulder at you, when cowardly men plot behind your back, when corrupt men wish you were gone and evil men want you dead . . . Only then will you have done your share." - Phil Messina
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