[Dean Romig]

The question always seems to come up "Weren't the Fluid Steel barrels Parker used, regardless of different names on the ribs, all the same steel?"

The answer, after much metalurgical study over the years, is a definitive "No."

Here is a quick list of pertinent articles that address this question and were published in Parker Pages. This is from a cursory glance through the "Parker Pages Digital Archive" using the key search word "steel" but this list may not be complete:

1996 Volume 2 by Oscar Gaddy

1996 Volume 5 by Paul Burns

2002 Volume 6 by Ron Kirby

2003 Volumes 1 & 2 by Dave Suponski

2013 Volume 2 by Charlie Price titled "HT/A"

2013 Volume 3 by Charlie Price titled "Steel used For Parker Barrels"

2014 Volume 2 by Dave Suponski

Some articles are more scientific in study than are others but they all have valid, and in some cases undisputable, points.


I will add that there are other indisputable facts presented on this subject on the PGCA Forum by such authors as Edgar Spencer who has a lifetime of experience with metals and their alloys and chemical makeup.





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