Parker Leads...Others Follow

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Originally Posted by Drew Hause

And regarding the barrel tube source:
The gun is made entirely in the well-equipped factory, with the exception of the rubber butt-plates, and the tubes for the barrels, which are imported.

Thomas Hunter and W.A King 'fessed up before Congress in 1912 that all their barrels came from Belgium.
Senator Smoot - In Belgium?
Mr. King - In Belgium: yes, sir. That is where all of our barrels are imported from, with the exception of our very high-grade Whipple (probably a typo for Whitworth) steel barrels.

I read and re-read these references with interest. Do we know who in Belgium built the rough tubes or was it spread around? After 1912, was there a period of time that barrel tubes were built in Meriden by Parker Bros?

Curious.
Jack