Vulcan steel barrels on GH grade

[David Penland]

I have a 20 gauge GH serial # 74182 with Vulcan steel barrels. Is it possible to find out if these barrels were fitted at the factory? I understand steel barrels on GH guns were Parker steel. The serial number on the barrels does match that on the receiver and forearm and the barrels which are 28" choked IC/F fit very well.

[OH Osthaus]

look for a Remington repair code

they may be factory replacements for the originals -

[B. Dudley]

Your gun would have had Damascus barrels originally. It was likely rebarreled at the factory at one time.

Yes, later Fluid Steel GH guns were Special Steel. But guns rebarreled could be fitted with whatever barrels the customer wanted. Vulcan steel would have been the lowest price option.

A PGCA letter may verify this.

[Researcher]

We could probably tell you quite a bit if you post some good pictures of the barrel flats, the rib inscription and the barrel lug.

There were a lot of years this gun could have been rebarreled before Remington repair codes would come into play.

[David Penland]

I will post some pictures next week as I am out of town for the weekend. Thanks to everyone for your responses.

[Fishtail]

I have an EH 12 ga. with Vulcan barrels from the factory.

[Autumn Daze]

Greg, Are the original 10 gauge barrels still with the gun?

[James L. Martin]

I have a 12ga GH that was made in 1899 with Damascus barrels that was sent back to Remington and now has a Vulcan grade barrels and forend wood and iron. There is no markings on the rib because the barrels were Remington made ,all numbers match and the barrels are 1/2 frame on a 1 frame receiver

[Researcher]

My old 2-frame Quality 2 hammerless of 1889 vintage is marked E on the watertable --



but is, and letters as, a over nine pound 12-gauge. At some point it was back to Meriden and was fitted with a set of 32-inch, 3-inch chambered, 20-gauge Vulcan Steel barrels. It was also fitted with the 1910 bolt and bolt-plate.



The barrel address on the Vulcan Steel barrels is CT., U.S.A. but they don't have the Parker Bros. Overload Proved stamps, so that kind of brackets when they were done. The only available records are for the original gun in 1889. Both forearms are engraved in the GH-Grade style, and were checkered in the GH-Grade pattern.

My apologies to regulars probably getting tired of hearing about this gun. A couple of years ago I retired my built up comb and had Craig Libhart restock it for me with a Monte Carlo so we didn't have to bend any tangs etc. to get high dimensions.

[Dean Romig]

I never get tired of learning more about that gun Dave - and that's a very nice replacement stock expertly done... pretty wood too.






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