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My take on it...

Cold tempering fills voids at a molecular level. It would serve to take out any stresses in the cartridge, but whether it would improve the sound is the question. My feeling is that it might, depending on the initial quality of the cartridge. If it is very good already, it may be better, but if is is one of a sloppy build, cryogenic treatment might go so far as to point out those inadequacies more than they already show. Whatever the case, I wouldn't expect the change to be neutral. Also, I have no idea what cryogenic treatment does to magnet structures when it comes to their efficiency, nor do I know if it would create cracks in any of the other materials, like it is known to do with some.

As it relates to gunbuilding...

Lilja, a top competition barrel maker, asserts that cryogenic treatment does nothing to improve the accuracy of his barrels, except to make the steel easier to machine. Lesser barrels that are still very good ones do enjoy better accuracy due to the stress relief, but junk rifles remain junk. Lilja isn't listening to his rifles, but shooting them. They are exceedingly accurate regardless of treatment, but they are of a much larger surface area than a cantilever. So, would the same treatment that makes a rifle barrel easier to machine serve to smooth out any edginess of a pretty well made cartridge? It's an interesting question.


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