Parker Barrel manufacturers

[Rick Riddell]

Does anyone know who supplied barrels? In one of the catalog entries on the main page it reads Trojan barrels were imported, what country supplied barrels in the early 1900s?

[B. Dudley]

Barrel steel was supplied by various manufacturers over different time periods. I would not expect that any fluid steel (other than whitworth) was actually imported. But who knows.

You may want to search the forum on the topic as there was a good amount of discussion in the past about the actual comosition differences between the “different” fluid steels used. There was a PP article whiteen on it too.

[Bindlestiff]

You might find something of interest in past Parker Pages? Go to parkerguns.org and click on the Parker Pages link on the left side. On that page, click on the Parker Pages Index link mid page. On that page, type Ctrl f and in the pop up box that come up, type the word barrel and see what that finds that you might be interested in. All the lines with the word barrel will by marked with a yellow tag (at least on my computer?).

[Dean Romig]

Or you could contact BOD member Mike Franzen and tell him you want to be put on the list for a CD or thumb drive of the entire Parker Pages Digital Library for only $50. USD
It is a wonderful research tool!





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[Researcher]

Doc Drew probably has the real answer. Most U.S. makers used imported tubes both composite iron and steel and fluid steel up until The Great War. Most from Belgium and France, but actual brand name barrels like Krupp and Whitworth from Germany and England. Tubes were also supplied in the U.S. by Sanderson Bros. & Co. which became part of Crucible Steel. Remington advertised that they made their Remington Steel barrels but I've never seen them state where their Ordnance Steel barrels came from, just how strong they were.