This is tangential to the question but I'd like to know why "Krupp, Essen" is always prominent and clear on early Fox barrels such as those of my 1911 BE. Much is made of reduction of exterior by striking (drawfiling)but these stamps are always sharp and clear. Did Krupp have enuf clout to force client gunmakers to "restamp" finished barrels or did the mark exist on the rough billet and survive the barrel-making process?

jack