I believe it was Kevin McCormack that suggested that the italisised F stood for a German word for "finished". Seem's to make perfect sense to me.Also we know that the first Vulcan guns were made in 1898 prior to the public release in 1899 and used the black Vulcan barrels.Altough there are a few documented Vulcan guns with composite barrels.
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