Chuck: "Cast steel" usually refers to the Huntsman hot-rolled crucible steel process of 1742 used to make farm implements. To form a pipe or barrel, a sheet was folded over a mandrel and the long edge hammer welded. A more modern use refers to the Bessemer process of 1856 for converting pig iron to steel. It preceded modern fluid steel. I don't know the difference from Remington's 'Decarbonized Steel'.



But folks called barrels pretty much whatever they wanted - T. Barker 'Daminated Steel' !????


Last edited by Drew Hause; 05/28/13 12:52 PM.
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