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[Jack Kuzepski]

Just for giggles, I just looked thru my repro 1902 M. Hartley Company catalog for your Barkley Loader. I found it as a Eureka Gun Implements.-Improved Quality: item #147 Barclay pattern, inside spring, polished nickel tube, apple head. It was available in 10, 12, 14, 16 and 20 gauges. It sold for $6.35 per dozen. Basically the same item as your pic with the difference being yours is not nickel plated and the spelling of the item.

Jack

[Roundsworth]

The 'Eureka' name is a mystery to me. I have a complete 20 gauge loading outfit label 'Eureka' and Union Hardware. My Eureka Tomlinson cleaner is stamped 'BGI'. The 1901 BGI catalog has a section for their Eureka implements. Did BGI acquire Union Hardware? Was there a connection between the two?