The tubes may also have been sourced from different suppliers or barrel-makers.
Most Damascus barrels I have seen on Grade 2 Parkers were 3-blade or three-iron crolle.
I have however, seen Grade 3 Parkers with both three-iron and four-iron Damascus barrels.
If memory serves, the two-iron barrels were on much earlier hammer guns.
These are just my opinions taken from years of observation.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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