June, 1909 Outer's Magazine had an article written by Uncle Bob Edwards. The article -------------

In 1861 Edwards went to work in Brookton, an Ithaca suburb, where there was a barrel factory with 25 men. They made steel barrels for the U.S. Government, and iron and stub twist barrels for the country gunsmiths and gunmakers of the period. The stub twist barrels were made of horseshoe nails brought in by the country's blacksmiths. From 1861 to 1865 Edwards worked at barrel making, and " to the best of his knowledge is today [1909] the only man in the United States working at barrel boring who ever made twist and damascus barrels"

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