{"id":25359,"date":"2025-08-10T11:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T18:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=25359"},"modified":"2025-08-31T11:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T18:09:23","slug":"13-nc-alloy-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=25359","title":{"rendered":"13&#8243; NC alloy classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been into aluminum as of late. Got my hands on an NC alloy classic, so I had an obligation to put the HA and NC 13s side by side to see if they play nice.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@EricBeam1313\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pRKydzY-b0A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been into aluminum as of late. 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