Re: [A/S] National Association of Chain Manufacturers/Twisted chains

["Craig Eldridge" <craig_e@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are all kinds of different stainless alloys out there so you want to 
be careful.  I compared stainless steel devices to connect chain to the 
loops on the trailer tongue and found that their strength was lower than the 
same size devices made from steel and then galvanized.  Stainless steel can 
be rather brittle.  For example, in the firearms manufacturing business, 
carbon steel cutters used to cut stainless frames leave microscopic jagged 
edges in machined areas.  These edges eventually wear in after many, many 
rounds fired through the pistol but stoning the edges is a quicker way to 
smoothe the action out.  We have found in our armory that stainless hammers 
were quicker to break if a revolver was dropped rather than casehardened 
hammers on blued revolvers.  We have also experienced hammer pivot pins 
breaking (round rod pressed into the side of the frame which the hammer 
pivots on when firing) which I have never seen in blued revolvers.

Check the breaking or tensile strength of those chains to be on the safe 
side!