I was sold a barrel blank by an older gentleman recently that he says is a Hart blank. It is a .22 rimfire, looks very good, and is an uncontoured blank. It is cro moly. He said he had purchased it over 20 years ago, and it was a Hart. No markings on it, as the breech has been turned down and faced off to start threading it for an action. I have no reason to question what he said, the barrel looks good, and he sold it for a giveaway price so he wasn't trying to scam me. However, I know how memories are after 20 years....

Hart doesn't make cro moly barrels now, did they at one time?

Thanks,
dave

The key is probably WHICH Hart, there were 2 of them. I'm not familiar with the details though.
Regards, Joe

Only Clyde and his son PJ made barrels.

As I understand it the Hart in NY makes barrels and the one in PA is the gunsmith. I was told they are cousins.

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Originally posted by DocEd:
Only Clyde and his son PJ made barrels.

Yes, and as far back as 1968, all they made were SS barrels. Never heard them mention making CM barrels.

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Originally posted by Labman:
As I understand it the Hart in NY makes barrels and the one in PA is the gunsmith. I was told they are cousins.

Both Hart Rifle Bbls and RW Hart in Nescopeck, PA do gunsmithing. I've had rifles made by Hart Rifle Bbls. Jerry Hart, PJ's son, does the gunsmithing.

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Originally posted by DMB:

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Originally posted by DocEd:
Only Clyde and his son PJ made barrels.

Yes, and as far back as 1968, all they made were SS barrels. Never heard them mention making CM barrels.

According to their history page they started using stainless right from the get-go in 1953.

All of your experiences back up what I thought. I'll verify that it is indeed cro-moly (it's not rused, but where it's turned, it looks like it's oxidized) by using a bit of rust blue and see what develops. If it's cro-moly, I'll know it's definitely not a hart. Not a lot of difference to me, I'll use it and see how it does.

dave