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Unread 08-14-2019, 04:02 PM   #13
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Charlie, you are correct that normally only Grade 4 & 5 guns were fitted with Acme Steel barrels - earlier ones of course were fitted with Damascus or Bernard (Grade 4 almost exclusively) barrels.

If a Parker were upgraded by a prominent gunsmith who was very well versed in how an original graded gun was appointed, he would generally change the rib inscription to reflect the proper barrel steel for the grade of the upgrade.

Generally speaking, the cleaner pallette of the VH would be used for the better upgrades and there may possibly have been a miniscule number of Parkers sent back for 'upgrades' but only in wood, checkering, butt treatment, or engraving special touches or embellishments but rarely (if ever) would a Parker have been sent back for a total upgrade... To the best of my knowledge....





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