Dr. Drew's post from a previous line:
From William Wellington Greener, The Gun and Its Development, 1907, 8th Edition
http://books.google.com/books?id=3HMCAAAAYAAJ
In London the barrel-welding industry was never of great importance since 1844 no gun-barrel welder has practised in the Metropolis. The last maker was W. Fullard, of Clerkenwell, who enjoyed a high reputation for all kinds of sporting gun barrels. The military barrels were obtained from the Midlands, whence, or from foreign centres, the figured barrels used by London makers are now imported.
