Brass is far more malleable that stainless, will usually deform/bend/dent
under stress. Some of the harder alloys of stainless will fracture/crack
under the stress of an impact (being dropped). Neither is a good outcome,
but sometimes the brass part can be 're-shaped' back into a useable form,
whereas the stainless part is destroyed. Plastic tends to have the
unmalleable characteristic of the stainless, and likewise exhibits the same
tendency to fracture/crack... albeit at a far lower force. Remember our
wonderful thread awhile back about beating anybody's 'wonderbrick dejour' to
pieces with an OM-4T body.... Ah, what a lovely mental image that
conjures......
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