If your gunsmith is not at all familiar with the gun and thinks it unusual, you may want to ask yourself if you want them doing any “restoration” work on it.
Most would not even think of restoring the gun as it appears to be in fine overall conditon and operable.
The serial number is 166. First year of Parker Bros production. So 1869 manufacture. Back action with what looks like Laminated steel barrels.
The “F” has nothing to do with the serial number. Or identification of any sorts.
It would be considered a grade 1. Actually in this time period the grade would be designated by the dollar amount paid, I cannot recall off my head what the dollar amount for this one would be. But it is one step up from the bottom. The base grade would be not engraved and have decarbonized steel barrels. This is the next step up likely.
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