Titanic Steel Barrels

[Dean Romig]

Rummaging through my 'stuff' in my PC this morning I found this, among other interesting stuff.


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Titanic Steel Barrels
Announcement of Titanic Steel Barrels:
Sporting Life February 26, 1898

Parker Brothers, makers of hammer and
hammerless shotgun have issued the following notice:

“We can now supply you with a plain black
barrel that we do not hesitate to recommend
as a hard, tough and thoroughly reliable barrel
and in consequence is suitable for shooting nitro
powders.
"We unhesitatingly recommend them for trap
and pigeon guns when a party desires a barrel
similar to the Whitworth Fluid Pressed Steel.
“We have decided to name them ‘Titanic
Steel’ by which name they will be known and
stamped on the rib.
They will be made in the $100, $150 and $200
list, and will be kept up to the high standard
that has characterized our guns of these grades.
Parker Bros., Meriden, Conn.


The Dollar Grades referenced are, $100 (Grade 3 or D) - $150 (Grade 4 or C) - $200 (Grade 5 or B)





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[Reggie B]

That is interesting...........

[Mills]

Very interesting . . . Thanks for sharing

[Randy Roberts]

Cool. Titanic was a good choice IMO. The name seems to conjure up images of indestructible barrels. Much unlike other names, Bernard, Acme, Whitworth for example. Even Vulcan, a fictional Star Trek being I think. Of course the Titanic did sink

[Dean Romig]

“Vulcan” actually conjures up ‘from the furnaces of Hell’ or some such volcanic beginning.





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[Jerry Parise]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

“Vulcan” actually conjures up ‘from the furnaces of Hell’ or some such volcanic beginning.





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Vulcan is the Roman god of fire. He was associated with and including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking, and the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth. He is often depicted with a blacksmith's hammer.

[Drew Hause]

"The Forge of Vulcan", Luca Giordano



"Venus at the Forge of Vulcan", Jan Brueghel the Younger of Antwerp, Belgium c. 1605

[Mills]

Ask Wile E. Coyote about Acme

[Hixie]

I don't have a Parker with Titanic steel barrels.....yet. Working on it.

Vulcan was a planet in the Star Trek universe inhabited by pointy-eared green people who prided themselves on their use of logic, referred to as Vulcans. Mr. Spock was the most famous Vulcan character of the series. "Live long and Prosper."

[Drew Hause]

Thanks to Dave Suponski, and published in the Summer 2014 Parker Pages, we know Titanic, post-WWI Vulcan, and Trojan steel were essentially the same; AISI 1030 and 1035 Medium Carbon steels. Titanic did have low levels of both nickel and chromium compared to the others, but it would not be an “alloy steel”. Tensile strength testing was not performed on Dave's samples for comparison.
Pre-WWI Vulcan was AISI 1015. Many pre-WWI U.S. maker's tubes were AISI 1020.