Posted by Ken Descovich on February 16, 2022, 2:20 pm
6 pictures I have been researching for the place that the crown steel barrels were made and am still searching. I did find a 1896 advertisement for the Hunter bicycle which uses crown steel tubing for the construction of there frames, is says that the crown steel tubing is imported, but from whom? Anyone know? Thanks, Ken
Re: Crown steel origins
Posted by Drew Hause on February 16, 2022, 2:49 pm, in reply to "Crown steel origins"
Sporting Life, November 30, 1895 “How Shot Guns Are Made and the Process Through Which They Pass Fully Explained” https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll17/id/54849/rec/66 The beginning of the manufacture of a gun is the barrels, and it is generally known that no barrels are made in this country except the [Decarbonized] rolled steel, which is used on the Winchester gun. All gun barrels are now imported, although an attempt was made a few years ago to produce them in this country, but with only partial success. England, Germany and Belgium supply most of the barrels, the latter country doubtless producing the larger quantity.
1914 Trap Grade Crown Steel, ‘LLH’ (Laurent Lochet-Habran the tube maker) & ’ACL’ (Acier Cockerill Liege the steel source)
No. 5 with Nitro steel and the same marks
LLH marked barrels have been found on Smith guns manufactured from 1909 to 1948, including a Monogram with barrels marked “Sir Joseph Whitworth Fluid Compressed Steel” From which Belgian tube maker fluid steel barrels were sourced prior to 1909 is unknown.
And without a composition analysis we can't know if Hunter Wheels' Crown steel is the same a gun barrel Crown steel.
1897 Model D
Re: Crown steel origins
Posted by Ken Descovich on February 16, 2022, 3:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Crown steel origins"
Thanks for the information Drew there is alot to go through. I had previously went through the information on the double gun website but had determined there was not an answer to my question.