A letter may show it went back to Meriden for the least expensive fluid steel barrels... or not.
In any case, Parker Special Steel barrels would have been more expensive than Vulcan Steel barrels.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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