desert-dude wrote on Sep 24
th, 2018 at 10:50am:
Redsetter, et al.
Did I miss something; that seeking the truth however unpopular is not the right way to go. Google did dig up some interesting quotes and an assertion that the Mark Twain quote on truth (2nd quote) can't not be relied on as his.
Opinions are one thing but provability is far more difficult.
Upton Sinclair wrote this, that "It's difficult to get a man to understand something if his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
Mark Twain — 'Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.'
Mark Twain - “What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so."
Just my tuppence.
Seeking the truth is a good thing, but maybe tougher sometimes than others. Sometimes you have to add up the preponderance of evidence and make an educated guess based on all of it. Most would say that's a pretty good method, while some may never believe a fair amount evidence unless it is all 100% documented.
In the case of an unmarked barrel, I'm not sure there will ever be enough evidence to confirm a Schoyen barreled gun? He put no other mark on his guns or barrels, so unlike a Pope barrel you can't look under the forearm for special markings. I would still look under the forearm of such a barrel, but wouldn't get my hopes up.
It's a bit easier to determine if a Schoyen barreled gun was just fitted with his barrel, or all the work was done at Schoyen's shop. I see far more single shots with Schoyen barrels than I see complete guns with his barrel, Simmons stocks (Schoyen's in house stock maker), and other Schoyen features. Schoyen and Simmons work was so distinctive in it's style, that it's very easy to tell when they didn't do the whole gun vs. just the barrel.
Two of my three are simply Schoyen barreled guns, vs. complete Schoyen rifles.