The original 30” Damascus barrels would have been stamped with a 1 on the forend loop (lug) and the 24” set would have been stamped with a 2 in the same spot. Originally it would have come with a separate forend for each set of barrels and they would have been stamped 1 and 2 respectively above the serial number.
With that extra 1 stamped at the beginning of the serial number, it is doubtful that Vulcan set was added either at Meriden or at Illion.
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