Can't seem to catch a break

Not hardened tip but with a Melanized gear for the hydraulic roller cam. Gear came from Hughes. The pump is stock pressure and volume.
Aka billet core camshaft. Sounds good to me. That's the way I went as soon as found out about them in 2011 when at the time Crane was selling them @$90 ea.
Package states... "Coated steel".. same thing. Bronze was never an attractive part of the package.