Long awaited ..... Square Ground vs. Round Filed - Showdown!

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Now you have me more confused... I thought that the 0.063 was far more common in 3/8 in the Midwest and back east though? 0.050 gauge is a west coast thing.

Oh heck no. There is a good bit of Husky stuff here running .058 but near everything else is .050 except Stihl .325 which is .063 99% of the time.

.058 needs to go away. Soon.
 
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Oh heck no. There is a good bit of Husky stuff here running .058 but near everything else is .050 except Stihl .325 which is .063 99% of the time.

.058 needs to go away. Soon.

Some of the old Mac info I've seen in the past & more recently seems to always mention .058 gauge,seems pretty obsolete to me.Rarely see it for sale online & never seen it sold locally either.
 
All but one of the husky's I've had have been .058. 3/8 and .325.

The stihls have been .050 3/8 or .063 .325
 
In 30+ yrs of owning & using chainsaws all I've used were .050 gauge,3/8 for bars under 32",.063,3/8 for longer ones.
 
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You ship, I shoot! I like it.
Ordered two rslk chains ( 72 &84 dl ) ,and an rsk 84 dl yesterday . I've got to find a better dealer .:) I had the P/N s ,and the parts guy wanted to argue that they weren't right . So, he farted about for 30 minutes looking for the #s until I told himTo punch in the #s I gave him . Amazingly the chains I wanted showed up on the computer ! :) they should be in late next week .
 
Ordered two rslk chains ( 72 &84 dl ) ,and an rsk 84 dl yesterday . I've got to find a better dealer .:) I had the P/N s ,and the parts guy wanted to argue that they weren't right . So, he farted about for 30 minutes looking for the #s until I told himTo punch in the #s I gave him . Amazingly the chains I wanted showed up on the computer ! :) they should be in late next week .

Typical parts guy got one living next door::-)
 
I hate to be that guy, but, wouldn't Stihl round tooth vs Stihl square tooth (or Oregon vs Oregon) be the fair test?

CORRECTION: I don't hate being that guy

You're about to get your wish Redd. ;)
 
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