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					Originally Posted by Matchlock
					
				 
				Hi Marcus, 
The pitting seems due to salty sea climate, which did not as much harm to the case-hardened surface of the lock as it did to the 'soft'-iron barrel. 
			
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That's why blunderbusses for sea service mostly featured brass barrels ...
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