In my post of yesterday I stated that I could not remember the grade of steel used in shotgun barrels, but that I would talk to my gunmaker colleague(who began as apprentice in 1946) and ask him. Well, he does not remember either, but he remembers that actions were made from EN9 and he recalls that Webley's made their barrels from EN23 or maybe EN21. Webley supplied a good deal of barrels to the trade.

Sorry, but we older gents are recalling less each day.