With the P stamped on the right barrel flat where the barrel steel type is located, there is speculation that these barrels were some of the very few that were manufactured by Parker Bros. and discussed by superintendent Charles A. King in his testimony that PB made barrels in 1877 and 1878.
I have one such gun which also has three distinctly different pilings as well as the P stamp and two other members have examples in their collections. I have asked for "Help" in Parker Pages below my editorial for the last three issues. Nobody has responded to date.
There is no proof of this actually being on of the barrels made by Parker Bros but everything points to that conclusion.
The first Parker I saw these barrels on was a graded 14 ga. lifter and the next one I saw with these barrels was a Grade C lifter. Mine is a Grade D lifter.
The one you reference is the first Grade 2 gun I have seen with these barrels.
I wonder who bought the gun in question....?
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