steel used in barrels

[Bruce Day]

Acme and Titanic barrels finish finer than Vulcans.

[Autumn Daze]

My belief is that there are at least three different steelsused in Parker Bros. barrels. This may just be as simple as three different suppliers. Anyone in the steel business knows that no two manufacturers are exactly alike even though they may call the material the same name ie: c1018,or 4140 etc. I have not given up on getting samples and results. Some day this will come to fruition.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

Acme and Titanic barrels finish finer than Vulcans.

Do you mean to say refinish?

As they came from the 'factory' in Meriden the Peerless and Whitworth barrels were more highly polished than Acme and Titanic. The Parker Special Steel, Parker Steel and Vulcan barrels were very nicely done but striking marks were plainly visible under the fine rust blue of new barrels.

Remington barrels, on the other hand, were nicely filed and polished and had virtually no striking marks at all but the rust bluing process was different than the Meriden process and produced a duller or coarser luster to the finished product.