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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
Bruce, the only barrels Parker Brothers made in house were Laminated Steel (and only in 1877, 78, and 79 according to King’s testimony) and were usually stamped with a P on the forward area of the right barrel flat and sometimes even a bit beyond the flat just onto the tube itself. The P die had a chipped foot and the left side of the foot on some of those I have examined has been missing while on others the foot of the P is missing entirely.
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Dean,
Clarifying question , this gun letters to 1875, two years before the PB barrels were "available " per the info above. Is it possible that when it got sent back for new stock, it got new barrels ?
Or did I misread the info and the P mark is different than the PB ?
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