Quote Originally Posted by clarky View Post
It actually is not zamak and monkey metal is brass..i think
The outer shroud of the 53 is pure cast aluminium which was chosen due to its ease of taking anodizing.....zamak will not take anodizing.
Hi Clarky

I've not heard of brass being called Monkey metal, I've always known Zinc alloy (Carburetta bodies etc) as monkey metal as it's rather brittle!

Also heard of certain types of Bronze referred to as Pot metal, No idea why though!!


John