There was no specific date but of course there was collusion amongst gunmakers and ammunition makers (often being a subsidiary of the gun manufacturers) in that they wanted to create a market for their “new, safer” fluid pressed steel barrels. So what better way than to say pattern welded barrels would not hold up under the stress of smokeless and nitro powders.
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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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