Barrel steels

[Bill Murphy]

Suponski's last entry was not Parker Special Steel. It was Parker Steel which was used on P grade hammerless guns. In my opinion, all of these steels can be safely used with the mentioned wall thicknesses.

[Drew Hause]

I'll go with what Parker Bros. said; Sears catalog No. 112 1902 "BORED FOR NITRO OR BLACK POWDER"



And we know that the pressures of c. 1900 Smokeless Powder loads were very similar to the shells available today.

In light of the >100 year old wood however, it would be reasonable to choose lower RECOIL loads.