In general i agree with you, and this is also the way i apply actually. In this special case the problem is that a rolled bar will never be a forgings according to A788 (A788 exludes this possibiliy), so i don't understand why a meterial specification says that in some cases i can obtain a...
In ASTM A182 is provided that materials shall be forgings as per A788 but at paragraph 6.4.2 it is provided that i can machine cilindrically shaped parts from rolled solution annealed austenitic stainless steel bar without additional hot working.
It seems that if i have an austenitic hot rolled...
