Remington Steel Barrels

[Researcher]

On both the E. Remington & Sons and the Remington Arms Co. hammer guns the steel barrels were marketed as "Decarbonized Steel." Now what was the difference between the "Decarbonized Steel" on the Remington Arms Co. Model 1889 hammer guns and the "Remington Steel" barrels on the K- and A-quality hammerless doubles being made at the same time? Here is what Remington Arms Co. had to say about their steel barrels in their 1898 catalog --

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They don't say anything about the Decarbonized steel on the hammer gun --

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but all the pages say "Guaranteed for Nitro Powders."

[Mike Franzen]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

but all the pages say "Guaranteed for Nitro Powders."

They meant until Fluid Steel became cheaper to produce.

[Researcher]

While I was putting away the notebook with all my Remington Arms Co. catalogs, I noticed a repro of the 1878 E. Remington & Sons catalog I had gotten in one of the many door prize drawings at an RSA seminar. Thumbing to the section on their Hammer Lifter double, I found they went in to a lot of detail describing the manufacture of their Decarbonized Steel barrels.

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[Bill Murphy]

I would love to see a video of the rolling of the nine inch bars of steel into barrels. Thanks for that enlightening post, Dave.