Why should you purchase a Cast Iron barrel from Steen Cannons?
All of our barrels are cast SOLID. This is the method used
in the period in which the original barrels were cast. By casting solid, barrels
are more likely to be free of any imperfections, any impurities or gases that
may occur will move to the center of the casting where they will be removed
in the drilling process.
Barrels are then machine bored using deep hole gun drilling equipment. After
the barrel is bored, we install a 85,000 pound tensile strength liner with
a breech plug that has a radius and has been threaded and welded into the
liner.
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 barrels come with a copper vent threaded into the barrel. "Steen
Cannons will always set the standard that all other companies will try to
match."