T Barker Laminated Steel

Barker double barrel hammer shotgun in 20 gauge made in liege in the early 1900s.
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Firing pins appear to be good barrels are a smooth greyish finish with no rust and the frame is more silver colored the fore end has fine checkering. This is chambered for the 2 9 16 shell. The probably horn tip of the fore end is missing. The butt stock is a hopelessly crude replacement that s also split.
These shotguns were generally imported from belgium and distributed by the h d folsom co. Both hammers work good and match in style. Laminated steel refers to the method of manufacturing the barrels by hammer welding strips or wires of. For those who might not know damascus twist laminated etc barrels were built up by twisting strips of iron and steel together heating that strip red hot and welding the pieces together.
Laminated steel is just another form of damascus made without the initial twisting of the rods. I can t help with the diamond e maybe someone else can. The rib is marked london laminated steel. Belgian laminated steel here we present a belgian t.
Remington model 1900 12 gauge 30 double barrel assembly damascus steel kd. The resulting tube was finished into. Apparently i was a lot smarter than dad as i could read the inside flaps on a box of shotgun shells. It is not mint if it has patina and it does not look mint though it appears to have been well maintained.
Barker double hammer shotgun with 30 laminated steel barrel with a nice twist pattern and bores are super clean. They all had essentially the same message don t use modern shells in guns with damascus or twist steel barrels. I t also has extractors a thumb hole opening lever in front of the trigger guard and a fore end held by sliding wedge the barrel bolt. T 4 double barrel shotgun firing pin set new.
Growing up dad had an old 12 gauge hammer gun with twist steel barrels. That was his only shotgun. Then the strips were again heated wrapped around an iron bar called a mandrel and welded by heating and hammering. Single bead genuine laminated steel refinished barrels border engraved locks with new york address forearm absent checkered buttstock and buttplate.