Ithaca ads used to state that their barrel borer, Uncle Bob Edwards, was "...the only man in the United States who ever made twist and Damascus barrels in America."

An E. Remington & Sons broadsheet from 1854 lists "Matched barrels for double guns" -- Plain Iron $4.50 -- Stubs twist, plain $8.00 -- Stubs twist, fine $10.00 -- cast steel $8.00 and solid or drilled from single bar $15.00. What we of course don't know from this broadsheet is if these tubes were made in the Mohawk Valley, or imported and sold by E. Remington & Sons.