Raimey, a little off subject, but is it correct that Witten Escelsior, as well as Krupp special, refused to sell shotgun barrels in single tubes, but always sold them fitted together and finished, except for chamber and blueing? I assume that means a small gunmaker might have a set of barrels around for quite awhile before using it. Which might answer a question I've often wondered about, why the engraver we are discussing here had to return to the Russian sector and then there was to be a delay of a unknown period of time for his return with the shorter set of barrels.

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