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"ZS" steel for barrels? #492112 10/12/17 06:23 AM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 704 Likes: 1 1cdog OP Sidelock
OP 1cdog Sidelock Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 704 Likes: 1	Anyone familiar with "ZS" barrel steel that was sometimes used by British gunmakers for barrels between the Wars? Thanks in advance!

Re: "ZS" steel for barrels? 1cdog #492119 10/12/17 08:17 AM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,077 Likes: 378 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,077 Likes: 378 North Alabama	I recall there being a recent discussion on a British Z gunbarrel steel, but I can't put my fingers on the thread for the moment. I'll keep diggin'..... Cheers, Raimey rse

Re: "ZS" steel for barrels? ellenbr #492237 10/14/17 11:29 AM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 534 Northern California WildCattle Sidelock
WildCattle Sidelock Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 534 Northern California	This is a Greener proprietary code. Graham Greener only had conjectures to offer. WC-

Re: "ZS" steel for barrels? 1cdog #492240 10/14/17 01:51 PM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 617 North Wales. uk Nick. C Sidelock
Nick. C Sidelock Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 617 North Wales. uk	Here's a thread about their barrel steel. http://doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=454466&page=all Rust never sleeps !

Re: "ZS" steel for barrels? 1cdog #492241 10/14/17 01:53 PM
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OP 1cdog Sidelock Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 704 Likes: 1	Thanks for the feedback, Raimey & Wildcattle. I believe it to be some form of fluid steel. For sure found on some of the higher end Greener's between the wars. I thought I had seen it with other makes too though. Nick. C., I just saw your Post. Thanks for linking that thread on the issue. Last edited by 1cdog; 10/14/17 01:59 PM.

Re: "ZS" steel for barrels? 1cdog #493702 11/02/17 12:51 AM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 534 Northern California WildCattle Sidelock
WildCattle Sidelock Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 534 Northern California	Just received an RFHT60 royal Greener rifle from 1912. This one is stamped YJ. WC-

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