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Unread 12-05-2016, 10:02 PM   #1
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Well done, John. And well done, Mark!
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Those barrels may not be Twist but "Bernard ribbon" or "Rubans Royal" (by Manufacture Liegeoise).
Can we please get a full size close up on this thread?

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Thank you Mark. Definitely not "Plain Twist" or "Stub Twist", and I believe (but could be wrong) my original read is correct.

Here is the Manufacture Liegeoise D'Armes A Feu Salesman's Samples from the collection of Ken Waite Jr. and Ken Waite III; your barrels are No. 2 or No. 5



Joseph Juleinond de Nessonvaux sample segments; on the far right



We've seen this pattern on a few No. 1 Smiths; this is David Williamson's. Note the "Laminated Steel" rib marking; which it certainly is not. Hunter Arms used "Laminated Steel" on Quality No. 1 guns 1892-1898.





First I've seen on a Parker, but I certainly have not seen them all. Very cool!

No telling who the Liege "rough forged tube" maker was in the absence of any marks. Most of the barrel operations turned out variants of Bernard patterns
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Very interesting Drew -

My post titled 6 FRAME HAMMERLESS in the Hunting with Parkers section describes what was learned from the PGCA letter. The owners name was S.A. Labarre and he spent considerable extra money on these barrels to get the choking just right for him. My assumption from his name is that he may have been of French heritage and your French barrel information sure make me wonder... It may seem crazy but would Parker build an action to fit these barrels???? I dont know how many 6 Frame 10 bores were built but I suspect not too many.

I look forward to learning more..... I hope you and others can shed more light on this. Thank you!
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The name probably started out as la Barré

There a neurologist in Phoenix named Lise Labarre. You might contact her and see if S.A. was a great-grandfather.
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