This is another example of the Serialization book being in error.
This is Not a D3 (Damascus-barreled Grade 3).
Grade 3 and higher Parkers had a 4-pin lock plate design - this one has three pins.
Further, the bolsters would have been sculpted in the Grade 3 style.
See SN 14056
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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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