Dave Kanger posted in the thread about A.H. Chapin about Steele and Warren locks:
Re: ALR Museum Gunsmith: A. H. Chapin...Earlsville,NY Cost $16.00 in 1834
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2009, 11:47:34 AM » Reply with quote
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"The lock is marked "Steele & Warren/ Albany".
A light bulb just went off. In the gunbuilding section in the thread on "Thoughts on Old Guns" I show a simple smoothbore. In that thread, I said the lock is marked
Warranted
Steel
Albany
However, I went back and examined the lock on that gun. It says
WARR (rest unreadable)
Steel (rest unreadable but there is a partial character after the L)
Albany
I wonder exactly how the lock on this gun is marked and in what order. I believe now that both locks are by the same maker and how they are marked might indicate age. Any thoughts?"
I was just going through some of the archives listed in the ALR Virtual Museum and came across this:
http://www.liv18thc.com/JPBeck/index.html#22 click on picture #19. Voila, another Steele and Warren lock- on a Beck. I know it's probably a replacement, but I thought I'd bring it to your attention, anyway.
-Joe
