a question is, did hunter arms inventory different barrel steels of different configurations or did they just inventory one grade of steel and then just stamp it to match their marketing needs?...from a production control view, inventorying six different barrel steels is potentially a nightmare...it is so much simpler to just inventory one grade of steel. and then stamp it to order...
and perhaps parker, who had a similar marketing strategy as smith, did the same thing?
whereas, fox and ithaca for the most part, did not make barrel steel markings a sales feature...
thanks to dr drew for this interesting thread...
Last edited by ed good; 07/23/21 06:22 AM.
