By Eye

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I found this barrel for a No.4 that I had stashed away for a rainy day and was intrigued with the hammer marks on it when they used to straighten these barrels by eye the dints you can see as flat spots. It must have taken some very good skills to do this. (The muzzle is not rusty it is just lighting)

Any clues as to when it could have been produced markings - B E 215, A X 13 814, broad arrow J, *, could not see any date stamp funny thing is it was hidden inside my 5" naval shell casing must have forgotten about it.
I had stored it with the bore oiled with Balistol it is still nice and shiny inside no pitting.
Thank you.

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