A grade Finest Quality 6 Iron "Turkish"
A grade Premier Quality 6 Iron "Turkish"
Both guns were part of the Meachum order
re: pattern welded strength the winner of the Birmingham Proof House Trial reported in 1891 was English Best Laminated Steel. This is
not the same barrel as Parker's Laminated Steel.
This includes actual tensile strength testing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...hfDxmrNAU/edit
The sample size was limited (getting back to finding Zircon's 30 barrels
)
Pattern Welded mean psi after discarding the highest and lowest numbers:
Twist - 53,333 psi
Crolle - 54,700 psi