barrel maker identification

[Ken G]

Does anyone remember a barrel company stamping the muzzle end of their barrels? 

Thanks in advance,
Ken

[Hungry Horse]

Douglas marked the muzzles of their barrels with the caliber, and twist rate. I have not seen one with the number of grooves before. But my guess would be Douglas. Instructions with these barrels was to cut two inches off the muzzle, they are usually 44” long, to eliminate runout, and to put the signature on the breech either up, or down. Obviously this one has no signature.

  Hungry Horse

[Daryl]

I think so to, Hungry Horse.  With the current run of wide groove, narrow land barrels from Rice and Green Mountain, I
 would personally not use a Douglas bl. for a current build.  that muzzle appears about identical to groove depth, land
width to the bl. that was on my .32 when I bought it. for 3 years I tried to get it to shoot less than 1 1/2" at 50 yards
and failed. I used 2 different diameters of balls and 4 different patch thicknesses, to no avail. At that same time I could
shoot either my .40 or .45 and produce groups under 3/4" virtually every time at the same range. 

[Ken G]

Thanks guys.  I had a suspicion it was a Douglas but wasn't sure.  I heard they had some issues with runout.  Maybe someone cut 2 inches off the breach end of this one and in the process got rid of the makers mark. 

Cheers,
ken

[Clowdis]

Golden Age Arms barrel made by Douglas?

[Ky-Flinter]

Golden Age Arms barrel made by Douglas?

Douglas made a lot of barrels for Golden Age Arms and they marked their barrels with "GAA".  But as Ken said, somebody may have cut it off, or filed it off.

-Ron

[Hungry Horse]

How long is the barrel currently? I have a similar barrel in .45 cal. That is marked Douglas. It was salvaged from the local dump, and had never been on a gun. It shoots very well, even thought I didn’t cut the recommended two inches off the barrel. It did take a little more range time than usual to find a patch ball combination it liked.

  Hungry Horse

[Ken G]

Measures 44".  7/8, straight. 

Thanks,
Ken

[rick/pa]

That's a Douglas barrel, .36 caliber, 7 lands and grooves, 1:48 twist.  I think most of their barrels were 8 land and groove except for the ones they built for GAA that used a 7 land and groove.  I have a GAA .40, 7 land barrel on a SMR that I built in 1978. Still have some stubs in the junk box.