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Well, last Friday I received a disheveled envelope containing nothing-no bronze M98 follower. The #2 envelope end was ripped open as by a mail processing machine. Sure wish Franco Machine would have used one of those softy-squishy envelopes. Regardless, I emailed Franco and received an apology and offer to remit a refund. I really do not want a refund, rather a follower. The catch: no more followers available. Dang. Furthermore, Franco seemed amenable to running another batch of followers provided I could, perhaps, find a few like-minded gun afficionados interested in purchasing one of their followers. Are any of you interested? If so, please PM me or Franco Machine re same. I am upping my order to 2 hoping to sweeten the machining pot, so to speak. Your responses much appreciated. Stephen stephenfrith@comcast.net | ||
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Original 98's came with hardened steel followers for good reason. Why bronze? | |||
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I'm intrested to konw too. What are the advantages of bronze?  Doug Humbarger NRA Life member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73. Yankee Station Try to look unimportant. Your enemy might be low on ammo. | |||
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Slicker feeding ?  NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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Or bronze is easier to machine or cast. www.KLStottlemyer.com Deport the Homeless and Give the Illegals citizenship. AT LEAST THE ILLEGALS WILL WORK | |||
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Well...I don't know anything about actual gunsmithing and probably less about metals but I did do a project once for a small manufacturing firm and one of the old time engineers (kind of a crotchety bastard as I recall) was talking about the advantages of bronze over steel for certain applications. As I recall he said that bronze has great resistance to friction with other metals which is why it is used for bearings and bushings. He also said it was good for casting because it has the unique trait of swelling as it cools so it fills every nook and cranny of the mold for extremely accurate duplication and detail of the finished product. So maybe those are some of the reasons. I can't imagine a follower is under much if any stress at all so I am not sure what advantages of steel would be unless steel is cheaper or lighter. Maybe the original ones were steel because that material was plentiful and it was not an overt design decision. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Hi all, I need not iterate the excellent reasons already posted for using bronze as a follower. I just think bronze would be a pleasing contrast. It is a metal easily chemically patinated to other than shiny and stands the test of time rather well. We all do some extravagant and, in some cases, frivolous extravagances to our favorite rifle etc. and think nothing of same. Just another of the above. Regardless, I still would like one or two. IIRC, didn't the earlier M99 Savages have a rotary bronze or brass feed? Thanks for the replies, Stephen | |||
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