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I picked up a hammer 20 bore that has replacement damascus barrels. Curious what the pattern is and what the source may have been. The rib states WMR SCHAEFER & SON BOSTON. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Bernard II, made by lots of folks
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fMs-Mn60ei9QsRcHT5Urm_eHobzJnaDKZiP3FP0fXb0/edit
Might be a maker's mark just forward of the flats.

Hi Drew and thanks for the info. I looked and there is a capitol E over an LG inside an oval on the flats themselves. I can post a pic if needed. Thanks, Jim

That's the Banc D'Epreuves de Liege mark Jim.
Look for something like this

Hi again Drew. After the little ones got their story and were tucked in for the night I took another look. No other marks on the barrels. Your links did lead me down some interesting roads of discovery though. The sheer numbers of different variants is astonishing. And the pics of disasters makes a guy nervous! At any rate, the gun itself is English so I was curious about the obvious replacement barrels and where the work might have been done or if that type of damascus was common to any particular makers/regions etc. Thanks for the info.

Found another Wm. Schaefer & Son, Boston courtesy of Bro. Berck, with 'HAL'; H A Linder or H A Lewis maker stamp?



Without a maker's mark, all we can determine is that your tubes were sourced from Belgium, as were the vast majority of U.S. maker's, and most English maker's tubes. 'Rose pattern' Bernard II barrels were popular with the independent U.S. makers who used actions sourced from England and Lindner; William and James Donn of Canton and Peoria (William later in Chicago), George T. Abbey and Edwin Thomas Jr. in Chicago, and Martin F. Kennedy in St. Paul.

Maybe Dr Bill or Dr. Raimey will comment.

Thank you Drew. One acquisition and a little questioning has led me down a road of new discovery. I did not realize how many makers sourced their barrels from from Belgium. Regards, Jim