Why should you purchase a Bronze barrel from Steen Cannons?
All of our barrels are cast SOLID, VERTICALLY with a "deadhead
or sprue". This is the method used in the period in which the original barrels
were cast. By casting vertically, barrels are more likely to be free of any
imperfections because all of the impurities and gases rise to the top of the
barrel and collect in the sprue of deadhead portion. The deadhead or sprue
is cut off or machined off leaving only the barrel itself.
Barrels are then machine bored and honed, using deep hole gun drilling equipment.
All of our barrels are cast three quarters of and inch bigger than the original
specifications and then the barrels and trunnions are lathe turned using computerized
lathes and milling machines. You can be assured that every barrel is exactly
to the original specifications. Some companies lathe finish their barrels
by means of just sanding the outside while the lathe turns the barrels; and
very few companies machine their trunnions.
All of our bronze barrels are x-rayed for proof
All of our barrels come with a copper vent threaded into the barrel.
We have supplied bronze barrels to such noted National Battlefields as Vicksburg
and Petersburg. "Steen Cannons will always set the standard that all other
companies will try to match."