Originally Posted By: Drew Hause
Wonder if there is a difference in composition or strength between:
Smith Armor, London, Crown, Nitro
Parker Titanic, Acme, Vulcan, Special Steel, Parker Steel
Lefever Dura-Nitro Steel, Royal Nitro Steel, Premier Nitro Steel
J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. Nitro
Tobin Trojan Nitro
Folsom/Crescent Armory & Nitro
Aubrey/Meriden Armory
Baker Gun & Forging H_mo-tensile steel, Flui-Tempered steel, Holland Special Steel.


ALL these barrel tubes mentioned above were imported from Europe and then weighed and assembled in this country as barreled pairs. Then completed and fit to guns.


Originally Posted By: Drew Hause
Feb. 15, 1913.. "Shotgun barrels are not made in this country and they cannot be bought, and all the small gun manufacturers are obliged to buy all their barrels abroad, and this duty would really work a great hardship to all the double-gun manufacturers."


Or were they, all...?....

Best,


Doug