2nd gear synchros

[GModelle@domain.elided]

Esteemed Digesti,
I'd like to know why the second gear synchro is so prone to early retirement. 
If you look at the tranny internals, there is no diference between the second 
gear assembly and any of the others, one through five. So owing to the 
collective understanding of this shifter-shortcoming, has anyone ever 
suggested a cure? Titanium synchro rings? Radical gear lightening? What is 
the present thinking? 

Modelle in Somers Point
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