"Kf" or "K" in place of Barrel Steel on bbl flat

[Rick Riddell]

David please clarify, 1905 to about 1907 K was used for Titanic steel and Kf for Vulcan? My 1907 VH is stamped K not Kf. But it does have the V in a ⭕️!

[WHO]

127534 has K stamp. 132430 has K stamp and wk circled. Both are C grade guns with Titanic barrels.

[Researcher]

David please clarify, 1905 to about 1907 K was used for Titanic steel and Kf for Vulcan? My 1907 VH is stamped K not Kf. But it does have the V in a ⭕️!

I didn't say "1905 to about 1907." I said "from the introduction of steel barrels in the latter 1890s to maybe sometime in the 1905 to 07 time frame"

Where is it stamped K?

Just a guess, but how about using up old stock barrel tubes as they changed to a new supplier? Transitional.

[Rick Riddell]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

Where is it stamped K?

Stamped on the lug next to the frame size. Still very interesting topic!

[Researcher]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but Bob Runge hadn't even been born by the years the K and the Kf were appearing in the barrel steel location.

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The Walter King WK in an oval begins appearing in the 131xxx range. Here is a Titanic Steel barrel gun in the 131xxx range with the K in the barrel steel location and the WK in an oval --

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Here is a 1906 vintage Vulcan Steel gun in the 138xxx range that has the V in a circle barrel steel marking. It doesn't have the Walter King WK in an oval, but it does have a tiny K on the barrel lug.

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By the 151xxx range we see the James Geary JG in an oval marking

[Kevin McCormack]

[QUOTE=Dave Noreen;317157]Not to put too fine a point on it, but Bob Runge hadn't even been born by the years the K and the Kf were appearing in the barrel steel location.

Correct, but his grandfather, Richard R. Runge, was foreman of the barrel finishing room immediately after the turn of the century (I never found out the exact date(s) he worked there - but he certainly would have had a hand in developing identifying marks of production in his shop.

[Randy Roberts]

1906 CHE with Titanic steel barrels. WK in oval on left barrel flat. #134260