That has been the tough question for a long time -- What, if any, is the difference between the "Decarbonized Steel" of the Grade 1 Remington Arms Co. hammer double and the "Remington Steel" barrels used on their lowest grade hammerless doubles and their later Remington Autoloading and Repeating Shotguns?
I suspect but can not prove that Decarbonized is another way to say Bessemer, while "Remington Steel" may be referring to Whitworth's compression methods. Until some one is willing to donate their barrels and pay for the metallurgical testing... We may never know.
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