Re: Where were my barrel tubes made? Archived Message
Posted by Roger Domer on September 6, 2017, 10:23 am, in reply to "Re: Where were my barrel tubes made?"
I'm going to add my two cents to this discussion. We're all friends here trying to make sense of what little information is available. Chris dug up a wonderful piece of information in the newspaper article. Unless one looks closely, you could easily overlook that the article refers to the Crimean War, not WWI. That changes the dynamics considerably.
The article was dated Feb. 26, 1916. We are led to believe that the barrel tubes came from Belgium. I have my doubts. I believe they were 'most likely' American made.
The German invasion occurred on Aug. 4, 1914, 30 months before the article was written. Fiscal chaos reined in Belgium during the occupation. Starvation was a major issue. As many as 650K people were unemployed between 1915 and 1918. The Germans looted industrial machinery. Factories were either sent to Germany intact or melted down.
Also, there was talk of a European war as early as 1911. So, if you were the Hunter Arms Company, a rationale business man would try to find an alternate source of gun barrel tubes.
That's what the Hunters did. Will continue later. Might get timed out.
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Message Thread:
- Where were my barrel tubes made? - Drew Hause September 2, 2017, 10:31 am
- Re: Where were my barrel tubes made? - Tom Breeden September 2, 2017, 3:08 pm
- Re: Where were my barrel tubes made? - Doug September 2, 2017, 6:38 pm
- What about Decarbonized barrels? - Drew Hause September 3, 2017, 10:22 am
- What about these makers? - Drew Hause September 3, 2017, 10:27 am
- Re: Where were my barrel tubes made? - C Helms September 5, 2017, 3:23 pm
- Well done Bro. Roger! - Drew Hause September 18, 2017, 4:46 pm
- Re: Where were my barrel tubes made? - David Williamson September 18, 2017, 8:43 pm
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