Interesting that W.W. chose 4 Iron barrels for what was obviously a showcase gun. He wrote in The Gun and Its Development

"Fine Damascus barrels, as manufactured by the Belgians, are occasionally made from four or six rods together, but three are sufficient to give a very fine figure. The true English Damascus barrel is prepared from three rods, twisted as described and put together as shown in the twisted riband, and is known technically as three-iron Damascus."

An 1875 Greener with a similar 3 Iron pattern



Last edited by Drew Hause; 06/04/11 10:51 AM.
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