Thanks Pete! It's likely the gun writer guys were as guilty then as they are today of repeating the same information from previous sources, but every addditional bit adds to our fund of knowledge.

"The selected scraps to be worked into gun-barrel material are cut into small pieces and thrown into a furnace, where they are exposed to intense heat until fused, after which they are brought forth an adhering mass and placed under a hammer..."
This is additional confirmation of the formation of the 'bloom' (which Pete M previously illustrated and which jOe has trained his pup to produce ) as the first step in the production process.

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