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Posted: 5/20/2014 6:27:32 PM EDT
| Which should I be looking for the 9610 or the carpenter steel? Aim is selling the 9610 for a great price will it hold out? |
| The bolt itself is made of 9310. 9310 can be acceptable alternative to the expensive milspec carpenter 158. C158 is a brand name steel. It's expensive and you gotta buy it in large lots. Properly hardened 9310 can be acceptable. That said AIM is a trustable vendor known for selling quality stuff with decent customer service. |
| Personally I look for c158 steel bolts. I've read 9310 is acceptable and does a fine job IF it is properly heat treated. Apparently the heat treating process is much more important with 9310 than c158 though. I'm not 100% sure this is correct but after reading it I just feel more confident with the mil-spec c158 bolts. |
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Quoted: There are a few alloys which are better for bolts. 9310 CAN be one of them. S7 is another that I have seen recently. One thing is for sure C158 is spec'd and generally does a fine job in my experience. I have a couple 9310 ARP superbolts that are great too. I have no problem using 9310. I really like my 6.8 superbolts from ARP. |
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